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eBook details
- Title: Sailplanes 1920 - 1945
- Author : Martin Simons
- Release Date : January 15, 2001
- Genre: Sports & Outdoors,Books,Nonfiction,Transportation,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 32951 KB
Description
This book describes and illustrates more than 120 types of sailplane, designed and flown in many countries during the quarter century following the first gliding competition on the Wasserkuppe in 1920. The textual commentary draws attention to significant trends and developments in sailplane design. Scale drawings show structural details and indicate the materials used. There are more than 300 authentic photographs, many previously unpublished. This book will prove a rich source of accurate information for pilots, historians and scale modellers