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Private Ventures
A Chronicle of Unsolicited Aircraft Projects
ISBN 978-0-9732020-3-8
Private Ventures – A Chronicle of Unsolicited
Aircraft Projects is designed to
explore 35 aircraft from 1928
up to
present day that were developed independent of a military specification or
requirement.
The book explore these
aircraft’s development and service life.
As well, the work discusses the aircraft’s designers,
who persevered to make these aircraft a reality.
Thunderbolt & Lightning is arranged in a
similar fashion to my other AeroFile works, and is divided into three main
sections,
these being Fighters, Bombers and Others. Each of these sections features aircraft of
that type,
where Other contains trainers, maritime patrol
aircraft and transports.
In addition, three Appendices are included at the end of the work – one detailing
the aircraft included in the book that are preserved today; one giving
biographies of the aircraft designers responsible for these independently-designed
airplanes; and a third listing all the foreign aircraft name translations.
Private Ventures – A
Chronicle of Unsolicited Aircraft Projects arranges each of the aircraft chronologically within
the sections by the first flight date of each aircraft. Each aircraft listing
features the following sections:
Development; Service History; Variants;
Summary; Disposition; and Specifications.
The Development
section chronicles the development of the aircraft, as well as the construction
and test flying of the prototypes. This
section also contains the histories of the production aircraft, and their
developments and variants. Service
History details the production aircraft’s operational career, from initial
entry into service through to phase-out.
The Variants section records all of the known variants for
the individual aircraft – both built and projected –
detailing each of the differences from one version to another. Where known, production totals for that
variant are included as well. The Summary
section gives an overview to the aircraft’s development history and operational
career, and explains any name and/or designations used in the main part of the
text. In the Disposition section,
the known fate and/or whereabouts of the surviving examples – if any – of the
aircraft type are listed. Finally, each
aircraft’s Specifications are listed – this being in a separate text box
at the end of each chapter. The
specifications listed are: Country of
Origin; Aircraft Type; Dimensions; Powerplant;
Performance; Weights; Crew; Armament; Number Built; Operators; and In Service
dates. As well, where multiple aircraft
variants or types were built, the specifications for the
individual aircraft version or variant displayed is mentioned.
Also, each chapter is
headlined by between two and four black and white photographs of that
particular aircraft type,
depending on the length of the
chapter.
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