Inside History of the USAF Lightweight Fighters, 1900 to 1975 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9798893952858)

This book, in two volumes, attempts to explain the technology developments that evolved in the period from 1900 at Kitty Hawk through the ensuing seventy-five years leading to the development of the United States F-16 Multinational Weapon System in the mid-1970s. By 2017, 4,550 F-16s, all with the first all-electric, fly-by-wire flight control system have been manufactured for use by twenty-six countries. Awestricken birds undoubtedly ask themselves, How do humans do that? as an F-16 streaks by at over two hundred times the airspeed of the bird. This book strives to provide the how-and-why answer to that fascinating story.

Author: Herbert a. Hutchinson
ISBN-13: 9798893952858
Publisher: Verity Publications
Language: English
Published: 12/31/2025
Pages: 482
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.08lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 1.06d