Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 07:25 PM UTC
A new fantastic looking book from MMP covering Helicopters and Auto-gyros Of the Third Reich.
Rotor-craft of The Third Reich
Ryszard Witkowski
Teodor Liviu Morosanu (Illustrator)
Remi Pierlot (Illustrator)
ISBN: 978-83-89450-43-2
Release date: April 2007
Red Series No 5109
Softcover
104 pages (24 in colour)
240x165 mm (B5)
Synopsis
The technical problems involved in developing practical helicopters were studied and largely solved by German designers in the late ‘30s, and the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine used rotor-craft operationally in a variety of roles during WW2. This book describes the development and use of auto-gyros and helicopters in Germany up to 1945, plus the postwar use of German machines, and their influence on later helicopter designs, in other countries.
Contents
History, development and use of the German helicopters.
1/72nd and 1/48th scale plans. Colour profiles.
Some of the Rotor-craft covered.
Fa 225
Fa 284
Fa 325
Fw 354 Triebflügel
Fa 269 Kurzstartjagdflugzeug
Fa 283 Kampfhubschrauber
Also ‘Paper’ Projects are covered.
Ryszard Witkowski
Teodor Liviu Morosanu (Illustrator)
Remi Pierlot (Illustrator)
ISBN: 978-83-89450-43-2
Release date: April 2007
Red Series No 5109
Softcover
104 pages (24 in colour)
240x165 mm (B5)
Synopsis
The technical problems involved in developing practical helicopters were studied and largely solved by German designers in the late ‘30s, and the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine used rotor-craft operationally in a variety of roles during WW2. This book describes the development and use of auto-gyros and helicopters in Germany up to 1945, plus the postwar use of German machines, and their influence on later helicopter designs, in other countries.
Contents
History, development and use of the German helicopters.
1/72nd and 1/48th scale plans. Colour profiles.
Some of the Rotor-craft covered.
Fa 225
Fa 284
Fa 325
Fw 354 Triebflügel
Fa 269 Kurzstartjagdflugzeug
Fa 283 Kampfhubschrauber
Also ‘Paper’ Projects are covered.
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