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Step aboard the floating cities that patrol international waters launch aircraft from their decks and decide the fate of war Behold the king of naval warfare the aircraft carrier Soon after the Wright Brothers historic flight in 1903 officials explored the airplanes military applications The seaplane and the flying boat were conceived to combine air and naval operations but their potential proved limited Aircraft that could operate from the deck of a ship however offered tremendous possibilities A few visionaries seized the opportunity and by midcentury the aircraft carrier eclipsed the battleship as the preeminent weapon of naval warfareSince the first successful launch of an airplane from the deck of a naval ship in 1910 fighting flattops have evolved into immense nuclearpowered vesselsfloating cities capable of launching dozens of aircraft performing a variety of missions including attack escort antisubmarine patrol and deterrence This illustrated history covers that evolution from the first tentative steps taken by naval aviators before World War I to the roles these massive ships have played in the War on Terror While author Michael Haskew focuses on US Navy carriers he also provides coverage of parallel and competing carrier developments overseas In addition to explaining the technologies behind past and present carriers and their aircraft Haskew reexamines major engagements involving carriers especially the epic Pacific battles of World War II as well as personalities who were central to carrier development and deployment and naval doctrine relating to carriersFilled with carefully curated period photography and modern images showing aircraft carriers throughout the decades Aircraft Carriers is a celebration of naval warfares most important innovation
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On 9 May 1912 the first airplane takeoff from a ship was made from the deck of the HMS Hibernia In July 1918 seven Sopwith Camels launched from the converted battlecruiser HMS Furious damaged the German airbase at Tønder and destroyed two zeppelins The age of the carrier was born In the interwar years the Lexington Akagi and Courageous class carriers were developed but it was only during World War II that the aircraft carrier finally came into its own Fleet carriers carrying 3040 aircraft allowed the Japanese and US navies to project air power across the vast Pacific Ocean with the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor presaging a new kind of warfare With the sinking of hundreds of ships during World War II including the German battleship Bismarck in 1941 by the end of the war carriers ruled the waves and the era of the battleship had passedThe Worlds Greatest Aircraft Carriers features 52 of the most significant flat tops and amphibious assault ships built since the 1920s until the present day from the USS Yorktown which survived direct hits during the battle of Midway 1942 through the Falklands War veteran HMS Invincible to the mighty Nimitz class the core of the US Navys carrier battle groups today Also included are significant amphibious assault ships such as the USS Tarawa and French Mistral Each entry includes a brief description of the ships development and history a color profile view or cutaway key features and specifications Packed with more than 200 artworks and photographs The Worlds Greatest Aircraft Carriers is a colorful guide for the naval warfare enthusiast nbsp
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This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle US combatant types as well as plans profiles and numerous detailed photographs
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This fully illustrated series offers detailed descriptions of the evolution of all classes of the principle US combatant types as well as plans profiles and numerous detailed photographs
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Originally laid down as one of six giant battle cruisers the Saratoga survived the 1922 Washington Disarmament Treatys cutting torch through her conversion to a new and seemingly benign type of vesselthe aircraft carrier She reported for fduty off Lon
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Arranged by country and class discusses each basic design and presents appearance notes career summaries line drawings and a selection of photographs
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Shows and describes the technical specifications and history of bombers fighters helicopters antisubmarine aircraft carriers and cruisers currently in use with the worlds navies
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An illustrated history of aircraft carriers of the world from zeppelin and seaplane carriers to VSTOL and nuclear powers carriers
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In VG DJ bookplate bump w 18 tear to top of spine sticker shadow on front pastedown Blue cloth hardback 264 pp BW photos Appendices biblio index 4to 264 pages
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Provides information on the different classes of modern aircraft carriers listing dimensions armaments electronics and propulsion units with notes on their military use
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This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraftcarrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class with full technical details and there are extensive summaries of every ships career Apart from the obvious largedeck carriers the book also includes seaplane carriers escort carriers and MAC ships the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls unbuilt projects and the modern LPH It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation while numerous appendices summarise related subjects like naval aircraft recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier As befits such an important reference work it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans including the first publication of original plans in full colour one on a magnificent gatefold Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot it displays the authority of a lifetimes research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers As such British Aircraft Carriers is certain to become the standard work on the subject
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Aircraft Carriers is the definitive history of world aircraft carrier development and operations Norman Polmars revised and updated twovolume classic describes the political and technological factors that influenced aircraft carrier design and construction meticulously records their operations and explains their impact on modern warfare Volume I provides a comprehensive analysis of carrier developments and warfare in the first half of the twentieth century and examines the advances that allowed the carrier to replace the battleship as the dominant naval weapons system Polmar gives particular emphasis to carrier operations from World War I through the Japanese strikes against China in the 1930s to World War II in the Atlantic Mediterranean Arctic and Pacific theaters It begins with French inventor Clément Aders remarkably prescient 1909 description of an aircraft carrier The book then explains how Britain led the world in the development of aircraftcarrying ships soon to be followed by the United States and Japan While shipbased aircraft operations in World War I had limited impact they foreshadowed the aircraft carriers built in the 1920s and 1930s The volume also describes the aircraft operating from those ships as well as the commanders who pioneered carrier aviationAircraft Carriers has benefited from the technical collaboration of senior carrier experts Captain Eric M Brown and General Minoru Genda as well as noted historians Robert M Langdon and Peter B Mersky Aircraft Carriers is heavily illustrated with more than 400 photographssome never before publishedand mapsVolume II which is forthcoming from Potomac Books in the winter 20062007 ISBN 9781574886658 will cover the period 1946 to the present
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This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraftcarrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class with full technical details and there are extensive summaries of every ships career Apart from the obvious largedeck carriers the book also includes seaplane carriers escort carriers and MAC ships the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls unbuilt projects and the modern LPH It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation while numerous appendices summarise related subjects like naval aircraft recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier As befits such an important reference work it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans including the first publication of original plans in full colour one on a magnificent gatefold Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot it displays the authority of a lifetimes research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers As such British Aircraft Carriers is certain to become the standard work on the subject
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Its maneuverability impresses pilots and laymen alike Its design which makes it capable of extreme controlledshort takeoff and landing Ultra CSTOL attracted the almost instant interest 1of the United States military Developed through collaboration between Dr Otto Koppen of MIT and Dr Lynn Bollinger of Harvard the Helio Courier was designed to be one of the safest most versatile aircraft ever producedand lived up to this claim in ways that even in some cases exceeded the designers expectations This book gives the reader a comprehensive developmental history of the Helio Courier one of the most remarkable planes in the annals of aviation It begins by discussing the progenitors of the Helio Courier and the drive behind developing an aircraft with such unprecedented safety and flight capabilities Then starting with the Helios inception in the late 1940s this volume follows the aircraft through drawing board prototype and postproduction stages It examines the role the plane played in military operations in Vietnam and various covert operations since The final chapter looks at the possible future of the aircraft Sources for this intensively researched history include interviews from former Helio company officials independent archival data news articles and FAA type design specifications
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This work is a comprehensive heavily illustrated history of the many flying boats and amphibious aircraft designed and built in the United States It is divided into three chronological sections the early era 19121928 the golden era 19281945 and the postwar era 1945present with historical overviews of each period Within each section individual aircraft types are listed in alphabetical order by manufacturer or builder with historical background technical specifications drawings and one or more photographs Appendices cover lesser known flying boat and amphibian types as well as various design concepts that never achieved the flying stage
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