HEINKEL An Aircraft Album P. ST. JOHN TURNER IAN ALLAN LTD 1970 1st edition. 18 x 23 cm. 128 pp. HB/DJ PROFESSOR ERNST HEINKEL'S pre-1918 Albatross and other designs gained him an early fame, and the aircraft manufacturing company which he subsequently formed remained in the forefront of aviation technology right through to 1945. A famous name in the annals of aviation history, the Heinkel company thrived during the German aircraft industry's prolific inter-war and 1939-45 period. Two of its most outstanding achievements were the construction of the He 178, the world's first jet aircraft, and the He 100-V8 piston-engined aircraft which in March 1939 set a new world speed record of 464 mph. An account of the development, features and career of each of the Heinkel aircraft types constructed, with a full specification in all cases, forms the main body of this book. Also included are details of the background leading to the company's formation, and its assimilation into the present-day German aircraft industry through the post-1955 revival. More than 100 photographs illustrate the text.

HEINKEL
An Aircraft Album

P. ST. JOHN TURNER

IAN ALLAN LTD
1970

First edition.
PROFESSOR ERNST HEINKEL'S pre-1918 Albatross and other designs gained him an early fame, and the aircraft manufacturing company which he subsequently formed remained in the forefront of aviation technology right through to 1945.

A famous name in the annals of aviation history, the Heinkel company thrived during the German aircraft industry's prolific inter-war and 1939-45 period. Two of its most outstanding achievements were the construction of the He 178, the world's first jet aircraft, and the He 100-V8 piston-engined aircraft which in March 1939 set a new world speed record of 464 mph.

An account of the development, features and career of each of the Heinkel aircraft types constructed, with a full specification in all cases, forms the main body of this book. Also included are details of the background leading to the company's formation, and its assimilation into the present-day German aircraft industry through the post-1955 revival.

More than 100 photographs illustrate the text.

18 x 23 cm. 128 pp.

Very good + condition. Dust jacket price clipped. Hint of age toning to the page edges but otherwise very clean and tidy.





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