David Baker

Gebundenes Buch

Convair B-36 Peacemaker 1949-59

America's Cold War 'Big Stick' Ten-Engine Nuclear Bomber That Could Rain Destruction on Aggressors Anywhere on Earth

Beschreibung

Unofficially named the â Peacemakerâ , the Convair B-36 is a legend of the Cold War. With six powerful radial engines and four turbojets paired in pods, the B-36 was Americaâ s â Big Stickâ that could subdue would-be aggressors with unrestrained nuclear retribution at a level unmatched by any other aircraft or air force of the time.

Autor

Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 100 books on space flight, aviation and military technology. In October 2017 he received the American Astronautical Society's Frederick I. Ordway III award "for a sustained excellence in space coverage, through books, articles, as well as engagement in the early US space program." Dr. Baker is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and Hubble Space Telescope Manual. David is currently the Editor of Spaceflight, the monthly space news magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, of which he is a Fellow, and he lives in East Sussex.

Produktdetails

• Owners' Workshop Manual
• Verlag: Haynes Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 214mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 934g
• ISBN-13: 9781785211935
• ISBN-10: 1785211935
• Artikelnr.: 52412710