Description: VOODOO WARRIORS The Story of the McDonnell Voodoo Fast-Jets NIGEL WALPOLE PEN & SWORD AVIATION, BARNSLEY 2007 1st edition. 25 x 18 cm. 304 pp + colour profiles. HB/DJ During the mid-1950s the United States Air Force gained its most powerful single-seat, two-engine fighter to date. Before the end of the decade the Voodoo was deployed in the tactical nuclear bomber, tactical reconnaissance roles world-wide and in homeland defence with the two-seat, all-weather variant. In December 1957 it took the World Air Speed Record to Mach 1.6. This book looks at the evolution of the original design and the aircraft's introduction into service, before covering its Cold War commitments Tn the US, Europe and the Pacific, its dramatic operations during the Cuban Crisis and the conflict in Vietnam. Many first-hand accounts from Voodoo pilots and the author's own experiences add a fascinating insight into this extraordinary aircraft. The Voodoo was an elegant fighting machine that epitomised the rapid development of fast jets in the fifties and sixties, an aircraft which continues to be revered by all who flew it and maintained it on the ground. VOODOO WARRIORS The Story of the McDonnell Voodoo Fast-Jets NIGEL WALPOLE PEN & SWORD AVIATION, BARNSLEY 2007 First edition. During the mid-1950s the United States Air Force gained its most powerful single-seat, two-engine fighter to date. Before the end of the decade the Voodoo was deployed in the tactical nuclear bomber, tactical reconnaissance roles world-wide and in homeland defence with the two-seat, all-weather variant. In December 1957 it took the World Air Speed Record to Mach 1.6. This book looks at the evolution of the original design and the aircraft's introduction into service, before covering its Cold War commitments In the US, Europe and the Pacific, its dramatic operations during the Cuban Crisis and the conflict in Vietnam. Many first-hand accounts from Voodoo pilots and the author's own experiences add a fascinating insight into this extraordinary aircraft. The Voodoo was an elegant fighting machine that epitomised the rapid development of fast jets in the fifties and sixties, an aircraft which continues to be revered by all who flew it and maintained it on the ground. 25 x 18 cm. 304 pp + colour profiles. Fine condition. As new. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: N Walpole
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Original/Facsimile: Original
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Year Printed: 2007
