The History of German Aviation: Kurt Tank: Focke-Wulf's Designer and Test Pilot

by Wolfgang Wagner

Book Overview

This volume, the second in a mulit-volume history of German aviation, discusses the life work of one of Germany's greatest aircraft designers in pictures, tables, drawings and in his own words discussing flight testing of his airplanes. Examined are the birth of Focke-Wulf's airplanes, the ideas and thinking which formed the foundation of Tank's designs, his masterpieces in the areas of long-range and high-speed flight as well as flight test results...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764306448
• ISBN13: 9780764306440
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 3.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.3"