Description: Boeing B-52 Stratofortressby Ben Skipper Series: FlightCraftImprint: Air World 96 Pages, 8.25 x 11.7 in, 50 color illustrations, 50 mono illustrations Paperback9781399080033November 2024 The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress revolutionized strategic bombing with its versatility and endurance, shaping American military power globally. First flown in 1952, the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress became the ultimate expression of Cold War very heavy bomber design. The last of the famous ‘Fortress’ series of aircraft produced by the legendary Seattle-based company, the B-52 was created over a weekend in a hotel suite in Ohio, resulting in a design that gave America’s post-war Strategic Air Command, led by General Curtis Le May, an additional nuclear-capable edge. The B-52 was almost as big as Convair’s B-36 Peacemaker, the largest serial-produced piston-powered aircraft ever built. The B-52 could carry a very similar bomb load, but flew it further, higher and faster. The turbojet-powered B-52 utilized techniques Boeing had learned from the Model 450 B-47 Stratojet and was designed to meet the Strategic Air Command’s ever-changing needs in the nuclear age. Like its predecessors, Boeing’s B-52 proved to be a highly flexible aircraft, capable of carrying increasing payloads, meaning it has remained in service well beyond its expected lifespan. Over the decades the B-52 gradually become a strategic and tactical airborne platform capable of delivering evermore deadly attacks against targets in various environments, from jungle to arid mountains. The B-52 had become the universal tool for commanders on the ground and a symbol of American military power, capable of striking a target anywhere in the world – as evidenced by its deployment in, for example, the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Such was its potency, that the USAF and Boeing had developed an aeroplane of such importance that it now seems impossible to discuss conventional air power without including the B-52. This Flight Craft title offers the aviation enthusiast, historian and modeller an exciting selection of B-52-related resources through photographs, illustrations and excellent showcase examples to help build their own versions of this fearsome military aircraft.
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Features: Illustrated
Original Language: English
Book Title: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Number of Pages: 96 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books The Limited
Publication Year: 2024
Topic: Military Science, Military / United States, Military / Aviation
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History
Author: Ben Skipper
Item Length: 11.8 in
Item Width: 8.2 in
Book Series: Flightcraft Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
