North American Aviation in the Jet Age: The California Years, 1945-1997

by John Fredrickson

During the waning days of World War II, a frenzied race was underway in rubble-strewn Europe as US and Soviet forces sought to seize advanced German weapons technology. Over the next quarter century the North American Aviation (NAA) would enhance these spoils of war into fearsome weapons in America's arsenal. There's the swept-wing F-86 Sabre jet fighter, which would go on to be the only Allied warplane to outmaneuver a Soviet MiG-15 over Korea. X-15...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076435874X
• ISBN13: 9780764358746
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 11.2"