The aircraft designers : a Grumman historical perspective /

This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of the designers and engineers who conceived and built Grumman aircraft from the founding of the company in 1929 until its 1994 acquisition by Northrop. It focuses on the people, disciplines, processes, and anecdotes behind the creation of such past icons...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Ciminera, Michael V. (Author), Grumman, Nothrop (Author)
Other Authors: Allen, Ned (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Reston, Virginia : Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., [2013]
Series:Library of flight.
Subjects:
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation > History.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation > Employees > Biography.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Airplanes > United States > Design and construction > History.
Aeronautical engineers > United States > Biography.
Designers > United States > Biography.
Avions > États-Unis > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Ingénieurs en aéronautique > États-Unis > Biographies.
Aeronautical engineers
Airplanes > Design and construction
Designers
Employees
United States
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The early years
  • The war years
  • Postwar years : first jets
  • The dynamic 1950s and 1960s, and the Gulfstream legacy
  • Lineage of airborne early warning systems
  • The F-111B and the lineage of the F-14
  • Future systems
  • Lineage of battlefield surveillance : RGWs, Pave Mover, and Joint Stars
  • Lineage of electronic warfare
  • Grumman in perspective
  • Appendix: Aircraft designers and key teammates
  • About the author
  • Supporting materials.

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