Tiger Check : Automating the US Air Force Fighter Pilot in Air-to-Air Combat, 1950-1980 /

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"The fielding of automated flight controls and weapons systems in fighter aircraft from 1950 to 1980 challenged the significance ascribed to several of the pilots' historical skillsets, such as superb hand-eye coordination--required for aggressive stick-and-rudder maneuvering--and perfect...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Fino, Steven A., 1974- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2017]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
United States. > Air Force.
United States. > Air Force > Weapons systems > Technological innovations.
Fighter planes.
Fighter pilots.
Airplanes, Military > Armament.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Avions militaires > États-Unis > Armement > Histoire.
Airplanes, Military > United States > Armament > History.
Fighter pilots > United States > History > 20th century.
Fighter planes > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The myth of the fighter pilot
  • Sabres over Korea : "Every man a tiger"
  • Phantoms over Vietnam : the "GIB"
  • Eagles over Nellis : "A fighter pilot's fighter."

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