Top products from r/WeirdWings
We found 20 product mentions on r/WeirdWings. We ranked the 15 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 2
Back Bay Books
4. The World's Worst Aircraft (From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
5. Tupolev Tu-4: The First Soviet Strategic Bomber
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
6. Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (Rutgers University Press Classics)
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
7. A Lonely Kind of War: Forward Air Controller, Vietnam
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
8. A Complete History of U.S. Combat Aircraft Fly-Off Competitions: Winners, Losers, and What Might Have Been
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
9. The World's Strangest Aircraft: A Collection of Weird and Wonderful Flying Machines
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
10. The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
11. Weapons That Wait: Mine Warfare in the U.S. Navy
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
12. Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
Sentiment score: -1
Number of reviews: 1
14. Academy USAF F-35A Lightning II Model Kit
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
1/72nd scalePrecisely reproduced panel lines of upper and lower bodyAuthentic markings for three versions includedPositionable canopy, bay doors, and landing gear; Seated pilot figure also includedPaint and glue not included
A couple of these were refitted for special ops work in the Middle East.
Hunt up a copy of "A Lonely Kind of War" as well - it's a great read.
You can read about this project in the book, "The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed". It's quite interesting. Since this project, several lighter-than-air hybrids like this have flown with varying degrees of success. As far as I know, this was the first hybrid airship design.
https://www.amazon.com/Deltoid-Pumpkin-Seed-John-McPhee/dp/0374516359
At this point, it's mandatory to mention John Clarke's Ignition, an entertaining and educational look at the history of liquid-fuelled rocket engines.
Learn about the exciting world of Zip fuels, Fluorine-based oxidisers, and Nitroglycerine as a monopropellant!
Jets have an advantage over prop aircraft or helicopters in that their acoustic signature is less obvious from a submarine. I'm only familiar with the history of the Nimrod, a very capable large maritime reconnaissance jet based on the Comet. That could do things like dropping a collection of sonar buoys to locate a sub, followed by torpedos to kill it. It could shut down two engines to fly slowly, and bank heavily to remain over the area of interest. Apart from the sound issue, endurance was far better than for a helicopter as well.
Very bad news if you were in a sub (or another MR plane, since at one time it was equipped to hunt them down over the South Atlantic).
That story (or a variation on it) was in Ben Rich's Skunkworks memoirs, yep.
The radar demonstrator's RCS was considerably smaller than a bird—more on the order of a large bird's eyeball. Birds sitting on the test stand definitely would be noticeable.
Kenneth Follett (Pillars of the Earth) wrote a fascinating story surrounding this aircraft:
Night Over Water https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0451173139/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9RX1CbC8859Z4
>Martin M-272B "B-57B" Super Canberra
by Erik Simonsen in his book "A Complete History of US Combat Aircraft Flyoff Competitions" ,page 50
>A What Might Have Been: A preview image from, "A Complete History of U.S. COMBAT AIRCRAFT Fly-Off Competitions", by Erik Simonsen. After the Martin XB-51 lost the fly-off competition to the English Electric Canberra, Martin was selected to build the Canberra (designated B-57) under license. The Martin Company offered a new blended design that incorporated the top characteristics of both the Canberra and the XB-51 - Martin designated the proposed design, the B-51B Super Canberra. The configuration featured swept wings with embedded engine nacelles, and the signature T-tail of the XB-51. The primary feature that would provide outstanding performance, would be the two afterburning engines that generated 21,700 lb. of thrust. Documents provided to the Air Force declared that the Super Canberra could be operational by 1954. However, wanting to avoid evaluating a new aircraft design, in November 1951 the Air Force rejected the Martin proposal. The book contains Ten Chapters of well known fighter/bomber competitions - due June 2016.
Strange how it’s referred to as being both the B-51B and the B-57B. Might be a typo.
Another concept drawing.
Google Books passage of A Complete History of U.S. COMBAT AIRCRAFT Fly-Off Competitions.
US Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/Aircraft-Pioneering-Failures-Multimillion-Disasters/dp/0760767424/ref=sr_1_35?crid=15SKPYC597K3U&keywords=jim+winchester&qid=1570381766&sprefix=jim+win%2Caps%2C347&sr=8-35
UK Amazon Store: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Worlds-Worst-Aircraft-Pioneering-Multimillion/dp/1840137525/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=jim+winchester+worst&qid=1570381815&sr=8-1
Also, anyone on this sub have any other book recommendations?
I already own that, its a good little book.
I've been trying to get my hands on this
https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Strangest-Aircraft-Collection-Wonderful/dp/1586632124
it’s this
There is a book called Secret Jets of the Third Reich which I’ve been trying to get my hands on for ages and this aircraft is actually on the cover.
https://www.amazon.com/Luftwaffe-Secret-Jets-Third-Reich-ebook/dp/B016DDWN7U
There's a recent book out on the subject of the TU-4
https://www.amazon.com/Tupolev-Tu-4-Soviet-Strategic-Bomber/dp/0764347977/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tu-4&qid=1564950911&s=gateway&sr=8-1
Depending on how hard core you want to get... there are some pages in this book that get into the physics.
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https://www.amazon.com/Weapons-That-Wait-Mine-Warfare/dp/B003HIWQKO
Ah yes, cadmium. I knew cobalt sounded wrong.
As for the wood, I got it from the book Skunk Works.
> Lightning
Amazing plane. The only plane to successfully intercept and SR-71 and a U-2. Short legs, but so much power.
>the government lost its mind and decided to kill British industry.
Indeed. It was heartbreaking reading Empire of the Clouds. So much promise, all thrown away. The Vulcan? British coworker of mine was at an airshow where they were flying that last privately operated Vulcan and a friend of his asked "wow since when has the RAF had that stealth bomber looking plane?" Had to tell him the bad news, that not only was it 50 years old, but it was long gone from service...