Convair Advanced Designs: Secret Projects from San Diego, 1923-1962
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1580071333 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A splendid piece of aviation history A. Marciniszyn I would not like to overdo it, but this book is great. The layout is superb and readers will see little-known designs and studies supplemented with company drawings, illustrations, photos of models, and in some cases, photos of completed aircraft. Among the surprises were "flying wing" studies which included a tail boom, and those without, a nuclear seaplane, and a Mach 4 Attack Seaplane (dated 1958).Highly recommended.. "Incredible research project" according to Jim Atkins. I get the impression that the author spent a few years buried in the Convair archives at the San Diego Aerospace Museum digging up all of this arcane information. Given the sheer numbers of entries and the limits on how big a given book can be, I don't much miss a lot of data on each entry. Probably, there isn't much available on a lot of these prujects, because they were (mercifully) terminated at an early stage. It is facinating to review the Consolidated penchant for flying boats and amphibians of all sizes, shapes and roles.. James Poitras said Almost superb. This book follows the pack of recent references including the "Secret Projects" series. Unlike those books this one only, obviously, follows the products of Consolidated/Convair Aviation from that company's formation to its evolution into General Dynamics.For those of you who enjoyed the books on German Secret Projects of WW"Almost superb" according to James Poitras. This book follows the pack of recent references including the "Secret Projects" series. Unlike those books this one only, obviously, follows the products of Consolidated/Convair Aviation from that company's formation to its evolution into General Dynamics.For those of you who enjoyed the books on German Secret Projects of WW2 or followed the web site 'Luft'Almost superb James Poitras This book follows the pack of recent references including the "Secret Projects" series. Unlike those books this one only, obviously, follows the products of Consolidated/Convair Aviation from that company's formation to its evolution into General Dynamics.For those of you who enjoyed the books on German Secret Projects of WW2 or followed the web site 'Luft'46' you will find much the same format, with short discussion about each project and at least one picture per project, which is why I did not give this book five stars.Missing from this book are any charts or tables clearly defining the performance parameters of any. 6' you will find much the same format, with short discussion about each project and at least one picture per project, which is why I did not give this book five stars.Missing from this book are any charts or tables clearly defining the performance parameters of any. or followed the web site 'Luft'Almost superb James Poitras This book follows the pack of recent references including the "Secret Projects" series. Unlike those books this one only, obviously, follows the products of Consolidated/Convair Aviation from that company's formation to its evolution into General Dynamics.For those of you who enjoyed the books on German Secret Projects of WW2 or followed the web site 'Luft'46' you will find much the same format, with short discussion about each project and at least one picture per project, which is why I did not give this book five stars.Missing from this book are any charts or tables clearly defining the performance parameters of any. 6' you will find much the same format, with short discussion about each project and at least one picture per project, which is why I did not give this book five stars.Missing from this book are any charts or tables clearly defining the performance parameters of any
He lives with his wife Linda in the Pacific Beach community of San Diego. Bradley has a long-standing interest in aerospace history, with special emphasis on design studies and proposals of projects that did not reach the hardware stage. . Robert Bradley graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Southern California. In1957, he moved to Convair Astronautics (later General Dynamics Space Systems Division) in San Diego where he remained u
This book features many never-before-seen company photographs, models, and drawings of such futuristic concepts as a folding-rotor anti-submarine patrol bomber and a giant seaplane passenger transport launched from a high-speed rail car! Readers will also be fascinated to see how certain seemingly unbelievable designs evolved into actual production airplanes years later, such as the giant Convair Tradewind turboprop seaplane transport.. Consolidated Vultee, which later became Convair, built some of the world's best flying boats in the 1930s, and the world's best bombers during World War II. Convair's six-engine B-36 strategic bomber was credited with keeping the world safe during the early throes of the Cold War. But before all these great aircraft took to the skies, scores of ideas and concepts were proposed and analyzed by company management to determine if production would even be feasible. Convair Advanced Designs is a book that brings these futuristic, but stillborn, concepts to life for
It is a book that I can quite easily provide my highest recommendation. I know you will not be disappointed. I can recommend it to all that like the subject. ---Modeling Madness, reviewed by Scott Van Aken, May 2010As readers of this column know, Specialty Press has been cranking out some very high quality books on a wide variety of aviaiton subjects, but Convair Advanced Designs tackles a most interesting aviation niche - aircraft that were designed, but not built. Five stars. ---IPMS, reviewed by Hubb Plott, July 2010 . ---Air Classics, May 2010This book will be of interest to the modeler, aviation enthusiast/historian alike