U.S. FIGHTERS : ARMY - AIR FORCE 1925 TO 1980s by Jones, Lloyd S

Aero Pub: Fallbrook, Cal. 1975,US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 7 1/2 x 11, VG/VG CONDITION, ( mild dj wear), 352 pages, hundreds of photos and 3-view plans.-----------------------------------------Here, for the first time in a single volume, is the description of every American fighter to carry a "P-" or "F-" designation, from the P-1 of 1925 to the F-18 of the 1980's. Included are all fighters of the U. S. Army Air Corps, the U. S. Army Air Force and the U. S. Air Force. Furthermore, to make this volume complete, the author has added the ten *U. S. Navy fighters that have been built since this new numbering system was introduced by the Defense Department in 1962.Every aircraft is illustrated by a three-view drawing; each number is accounted for, even the mysterious experimental and un-built fighters whose designs have been shrouded in secrecy for many years. Photographs, in addition to the three-views, illustrate every type which was actually built.----------------------------------------------------------------------The first plane described in this remarkable book is the Curtiss P-1 Hawk, whose basic design was responsible for no less than eleven different Hawk fighters. Following in numerical sequence are details of more than one hundred twenty-five fighters covering the 'thirties, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. All the "missing-link" types are located, such as the WedellWilliams XP-34, Tucker XP-57 and the mammoth XP-71 proposed by Curtiss as a bomber escort. The little-known Century fighters, XF-103, XF-108 and XF-109 are fully illustrated and described.------------------------------------------------------------Model builders will find a treasure trove of details in this volume. Each drawing contains a scale to use as a dimensional guide. The drawings, created especially for this book, are highly detailed and show landing gear, control surfaces and major skin lines. Many of the photographs used have never been published before.