Aerei Arado: libri illustrati di storia e guide

Arado - History of an Aircraft Company

The Arado Flugzeugwerke devoted twenty years to making aviation history in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Within the pages of this book the reader will find the first comprehensive history of Arado, including many previously unpublished details about this little-known aviation company.

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Arado Ar 196 - Germany's Multi-Purpose Seaplane

Tells the story of the Arado Ar 196, the famous and versatile World War II German seaplane.

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Arado Ar 196 Units in Combat (Osprey)

Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnaissance seaplane of World War II. Replacing the Heinkel He 60 biplane as the standard catapult-launched floatplane embarked on the Kriegsmarine's capital ships, the Ar 196 flew an assortment of combat missions during World War II, including coastal patrol, submarine hunting, light bombing, general reconnaissance and convoy escort sorties.

The first vessel to take its Ar 196A-1s to sea was the pocket battleship Graf Spee, which embarked two in the autumn of 1939. The battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz could carry six Arados each, the battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst four and smaller pocket battleships and cruisers two.

Shore-based aircraft were also operated from coastal ports on the Channel, Baltic, North Sea and Bay of Biscay coasts, as well as in the Balkans and Mediterranean.
In this title, supported by an excellent selection of photographs and full-colour illustrations, Peter de Jong explores the history of the Arado Ar 196, detailing their development and assessing the combat capabilities of one of the last fighting seaplanes.

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Arado Ar 232 Tatzelwurm

This book covers the rarely discussed, though influential Arado Ar 232 Luftwaffe transport aircraft nicknamed the "Tatzelwurm" (millipede) because of its long row of landing wheels.

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Arado Ar 234

Operational and technical history of the Arado Ar 234, Germany's twin engine World War II jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft.

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Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units (Osprey)

When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado Ar 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The Ar 234 was a formidable aircraft - powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the Me 262, and with a maximum speed of 735 km/h and range of 1600 km/h, it was very difficult for the Allies to 'catch'. Here was a machine that with its superior speed could operate with impunity as both a bomber and in the reconnaissancerole.

As such, the aircraft became the world's first reconnaissance jet, undertaking secret, high-speed, high-altitude observation missions for the German High Command over the Allied beachheads in Normandy and other Allied strongholds. Astonishingly, in September 1944 and as late as 1945, lone Ar 234s conducted reconnaissance flights over British ports and theMediterranean.

The aircraft was equally efficient as a jet bomber - although the Ar 234B-2 bomber variant carried no defensive gun armament, it was able to deliver 1000 kg of bombs at high-speed and at either low- or high-level with considerable and devastating accuracy.

This highly detailed title from renowned aviation historian Robert Forsyth explores the history of this incredible aircraft, from its development in the early 1940s to its deployment in both reconnaissance and bomber roles throughout the rest of the war. The masterful text is supported by stunning, specially commissioned artwork.

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Arado Ar 234 C - An Illustrated History

The Arado Ar 234C was the world's first four turbojet-powered flying machine to be built in series. But it was more than that, and its design and testing raised great hopes among the Nazis. The Ar 234 was nothing less than Adolf Hitler's long awaited "Engländer Bomber". Powered by four BMW 003A-1 turbojet engines, with a combined thrust of 7,040 pounds, early test results indicated that it could reach speeds of over 550 mph even when loaded with tons of high explosive bombs and/or guided missiles.
This complete illustrated history contains over 570 photographs and line drawings

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Arado Ar 240

Describes the design and use of the Arado Ar 240.

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Arado Flugzeugwerke : Aircraft and Development History

Founded in 1925 in Warnemünde, Arado-Flugzeugwerke produced civil aircraft from the beginning and also developed prototypes for the secret rearmament program of the Reichswehr.
From 1933, licensed production of military aircraft began, alongside several in-house designs. The best-known types include the Ar 66 and Ar 96 training aircraft, the Ar 196 catapult floatplane, and the record-setting Ar 79 sports aircraft.
With the twin- or four-engine Ar 234, Arado created the world's first operational jet bomber. At the end of the war, the company also started work on the first supersonic experimental aircraft.

This book traces the development of all Arado aircraft from 1925 to 1945 and examines the growth and capabilities of the factory. It also provides an overview of licensed production and other projects. Based on original documents, the book corrects several errors and myths previously published about Arado-Flugzeugwerke.

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