Warbirdtech 3: North American F-86 Sabrejet Day Fighters

by Walter Dranem, David W. Menard, Chris Hughes

Sweeping the wing had long been known as one of the answers to lower drag and compressibility problems associated with high performance airplanes operating at or near Mach One. As early as 1942, North American Aviation engineers were working on several swept wing projects, including a forward swept wing P-51 design study. But the problems associated with sweeping the wing were as great as the end results. Sweeping the wing did lower the thickness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933424663
• ISBN13: 9780933424661
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Specialty Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"