Aerei navali: libri illustrati di storia e guide

Fighters Over the Fleet : Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War

This is an account of the evolution of naval fighters for fleet air defence and the parallel evolution of the ships operating and controlling them, concentrating on the three main exponents of carrier warfare, the Royal Navy, the US Navy, and the Imperial Japanese Navy.

It describes the earliest efforts from the 1920s but it was not until radar allowed the direction of fighters that organised air defence became possible. Thus major naval-air battles of the Second World War - like Midway, the 'Pedestal' convoy, the Philippine Sea and Okinawa - are portrayed as tests of the new technology. This was ultimately found wanting by the Kamikaze campaigns, which led to postwar moves towards computer control and new kinds of fighters.

After 1945 the novel threats of nuclear weapons and stand-off missiles compounded the difficulties of naval air defence and the second half of the book covers RN and USN attempts to solve these problems, looking at US experience in Vietnam and British operations in the Falklands War.
It concludes with the ultimate US development of techniques and technology to fight the Outer Air Battle in the 1980s, which in turn point to the current state of carrier fighters and the supporting technology.

Based largely on documentary sources, some previously unused, this book will appeal to both the naval and aviation communities.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Norman Friedman
Formato:	460 pagine, 29 x 24.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	400 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2016)
ISBN:	9781848324046

The Illustrated Guide to Modern Naval Aircraft

Un catalogo AZ di tutti i principali velivoli navali dal 1945, inclusi caccia e aerei d'attacco a reazione, aerei AEW imbarcati su portaerei, aerei V/STOL ed elicotteri.

Questo volume esamina la storia e l'evoluzione degli aerei navali dal periodo immediatamente successivo alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale fino ai giorni nostri, con particolare riferimento alla guerra di Corea, alla guerra del Vietnam, alla guerra delle Falkland, alla Libia, al film Top Gun e ai futuri sviluppi del combattimento navale moderno.
Comprende tutti i più noti aerei ed elicotteri moderni, come l'F/A-18, il Fairey Gannet, il Grumman A-6 Intruder, il Super Etendard, il Buccaneer, il Westland (Sikorsky) Sea King, per un totale di 55 modelli.

Include riquadri con le specifiche tecniche che forniscono informazioni immediate su nome, paese di origine, primo volo, potenza, armamento, dimensioni, peso e prestazioni di ciascun aeromobile.

Grazie alla sua narrazione avvincente e alle 330 fotografie, questo autorevole volume fornisce a storici e appassionati informazioni fondamentali sull'aviazione navale di questo periodo cruciale della storia.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Francis Crosby
Formato:	128 pagine, 29.5 x 23 x 1 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	330 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Anness Publishing (GB, 2011)
ISBN:	9781844769919

Trägerflugzeuge des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1939-1945 (Typenkompass)

During the Second World War, carrier-based aircraft were used on a large scale for the first time.
After initial experiences in the previous World War, by 1939, powerful carrier ships and the associated aircraft were built mainly by the warring nations of England, the USA and Japan. These were to play a decisive role during the major naval battles in the Pacific and in the hunt for submarines in the Atlantic.

An excellent addition to the Typenkompass series - not only in the area of aviation but also as a supplement to the Typenkompass volumes on aircraft carriers: "Flottenträger" and "Hilfs- and Geleitträger".

Pagine del libro "Trägerflugzeuge des Zweiten Weltkriegs 1939-1945"

Each type is presented with a photo, a historical description and a technical sheet.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Ingo Bauernfeind
Formato:	128 pagine, 20.5 x 14 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	141 foto in B&N e 9 in colori, 27 disegni
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2014)
Collana:	Typenkompass
ISBN:	9783613036628

U-Boot-Jäger - U-Jagdflugzeuge seit 1945

After 1945, the submarines, which had been feared during the war, developed away from their exclusive role of attacking ships and towards huge missile carriers, which had an arsenal of nuclear weapons on board and could wipe out entire countries in an emergency - a threat that is still very serious today.
This is countered by a multitude of highly interesting types of aircraft: submarine hunters are specially developed or appropriately converted machines that hunt submerged submarines over the seas, track them down and fight them effectively.

Pagine del libro "U-Boot-Jäger - U-Jagdflugzeuge seit 1945"

An extremely exciting topic awaits the reader in this volume by Heiko Thiesler.

Dettagli del libro

Autore:	Heiko Thiesler
Formato:	176 pagine, 26.5 x 23 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	57 foto in B&N e 152 in colori, 12 disegni
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Collana:	Flugzeugtypen
ISBN:	9783613039537