Northrop Flying Wings

by Graham M. Simons

Jack Northrop's flying wings - or to give them their more correct title, all wing aircraft - were some of the most spectacular, graceful and elegant flying machines ever to grace the skies. A design as aeronautically pure as a flying wing had huge advantages over conventional aircraft design. This advantage was that drag was reduced to an absolute minimum. Because of this minimum drag, the performance of the flying wing became unequaled in speed,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781590362
• ISBN13: 9781781590362
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"