L-15 Scout (eBook)

Boeing's Smallest Airplane

Holcomb Mal Holcomb (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
260 Seiten
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4766-5069-2 (ISBN)

Infos

As World War II drew to a close, Boeing, realizing that its huge Wichita factory would be out of work at war's end, began working on a light personal airplane. It nabbed the contract for what became the L-15 Scout despite the plane's third-place finish in a 1946 U.S. military liaison aircraft competition. Although the aircraft ultimately was not mass produced, Boeing's engineers created proposals for both military and civilian follow-ups. This book tells for the first time the full story of the L-15--the competition and the competitors, the evolution of Boeing's entry into the prototype XL-15, the plane's specifications, the rivalry between the U.S. Army and Air Force, and the government's decision to adopt a different plane instead.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.11.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-4766-5069-1 / 1476650691
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4766-5069-2 / 9781476650692