Walter Dranem (27 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light rubbing to covers, modest wear to edges, some water damage to inside top edge areas (text not affected), light smudging to endpapers. otherwise in very good condition, strong binding, unmarked pages; an overall sturdy copy with sharp text/photos. On the lower end of very good due to water damage.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No marks. Minimal use.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Book is highly illustrated card stock in near fine condition. Book is clean & bright, no markings. Binding is sound, no creases.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Clean cover and text. Partial contents: Birth of the Sabre: The Straight Wing XP-86 Swept Wing and F-86A; F-86E & the "All-Flying Tail": Riding on the Mach. ---- We are a Benedictine Abbey / Seminary library; thank you for your support.

paperback. Condition: Good. May contain limited writing, highlighting, or markings. Cover may show moderate shelf wear, including edge/corner wear, light creasing, or scuffing. Binding is solid. Ships next business day in a protective bubble mailer.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Like new paperback book. Binding tight, pages clean. Volume 13, Warbird Tech Series. History of Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Photographs and drawings. ------ We are a Benedictine Abbey / Seminary library; thank you for your support.

Condition: Very Good. Well well kept copy, tight binding, unmarked text, light wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 8.5 X 0.25 X 11 inches; 100 pages; B&W photographs and illustrations throughout the book. Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings.; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. 1st Edition (Unstated); No Printing Stated.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Softcover in illustrated wraps. First edition. Fine condition, crisp, clean, unmarred. Includes tech manual drawings, battle damage photos, cockpits and crew stations, and more. Large 4to. 199 pp.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 100p. Photos. Illustrations from period manuals. Large wraps. As New copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was designed during an optimistic period when military planners believed the guided missile had made the aircraft cannon obsolete. Future aerial combat would be conducted at a dignified distance by sophisticated electronics, and no pilot would again need to manoeuvre behind an opponent and shoot at it. The Vietnam War then supplied the customary field test of an immaculate theory. McDonnell Douglas F-4 Gun-Nosed Phantoms examines the development of the later Phantom variants fitted with an internal cannon, most notably the F-4E. Beneath its extended nose sat the six-barrel M61 Vulcan, capable of firing several thousand rounds per minute and restoring to the aircraft an ability its designers had confidently declared unnecessary. Technological progress occasionally involves installing the thing removed during the previous round of technological progress. Kris Hughes and Walter Dranem trace the Phantom from its early production and adoption by the United States Air Force through the combat experience that produced the gunfighter version. The original F-4 had speed, power, radar, missiles and a crew of two, but close-range engagements exposed the disadvantages of relying entirely upon weapons that did not always lock on, launch or hit the intended aircraft. A cannon remained refreshingly uncomplicated once everybody had completed the difficult business of pointing the aeroplane. The book looks beneath the Phantom?s famously substantial exterior through technical-manual extracts, cutaway and exploded views, diagrams and detailed photographs. Airframe construction, cockpit equipment, engines, weapons and systems are presented for the enthusiast who wants more than a handsome photograph disappearing into cloud. The Phantom contained an enormous quantity of machinery, much of it apparently fitted wherever engineers discovered an unoccupied cavity. Operational photographs show the gun-nosed aircraft in service, particularly over Vietnam, where its size, twin engines and characteristic smoke trails made it difficult to mistake for anything subtle. The Phantom was fast, rugged and immensely capable, but concealment was not among its leading qualities. It entered combat rather as a large industrial building might arrive if provided with afterburners. The volume also follows subsequent versions and developments as the basic airframe was adapted for different roles and operators. The Phantom became fighter, interceptor, strike aircraft, reconnaissance platform and radar-suppression specialist, enjoying the sort of career flexibility now demanded on application forms but seldom achieved by the applicants. This is Volume 8 in the Warbird Tech series, intended to combine accessible aviation history with enough engineering detail to satisfy modellers, restorers and readers who regard a cockpit photograph as incomplete unless every switch can be identified. It is especially useful as a visual reference, with its mixture of vintage imagery and technical material showing not merely what the aircraft looked like but how its various alarming components fitted together. Published by Specialty Press in 1997, this is a compact but information-rich study of one of the defining combat aircraft of the Cold War. It will appeal to Phantom enthusiasts, military aviation historians, scale modellers and anyone interested in the lengthy process by which an aircraft originally denied a gun became celebrated as a gunfighter. This copy is in Very Good condition. It has survived nearly three decades with little wear and remains clean, sound and ready for inspection. No cannon residue, hydraulic fluid or characteristic J79 smoke has been detected on the pages. Sold by Crappy Old Books, where all Phantoms are supplied without fuel, ammunition or permission to make a low-level pass over the dispatch department.…

Paperback. Condition: As New. LIKE NEW. Very Clean. No writing or tears. Never Read.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Warbird Tech Series volume 8. Clean cover and text. Partial contents: First Production; Air Force Phantoms; The Gunfighter Phantom. ---- We are a Benedictine Abbey / Seminary library; thank you for your support.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Paperback illustrations mostly in b/w, (a few in colour), 4to. Warbird Tech Series Volume 8.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Fine copy of this large, slim softback book. Slight scuffing to corners of spine.

Paperback. Condition: NF. Clean, bright copy; Warbird Tech Vol. 8 Series; B&W and color illustrations; 8.5x11"; 100 p.

paperback. Condition: new.

Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book lge. octavo 100pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., diags., Inc. F4E gunfighter versions, gunfighters in foreign service, tech manual excerpts.

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book lge. octavo 100pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., diags., Inc. early straight wing designs, A,E,F & H models, Korean Air combat, camouflage & markings, armament configurations.

1st edition stiff wrappers New Book lge. octavo 100pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., diags., Inc. Vietnam MiG kills, dive & torpedo versions, tech manual drawings, gun & ordnance loadings, cockpits & crew stations.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers, quarto, 100pp, mainly b&w photos with a 4-page colour spread. A little wear to card edges; very good copy. Big, smoky, with twin engines and two aboard, gun nosed Phantoms roamed the skies of Vietnam in search of the enemy. Now, take a look under the skin of one of these monsters. Includes Vietnam era colour photos, F-4E Gunfighter version, cockpits and panes, exploded views and cutaways, tech manual extracts.…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Softcover. Condition: gut. 1997. McDonnell Douglas: F-4 Gun Nosed Phantoms In englischer Sprache. pages.

Shrewsbury Airlife Publishing 1996 Softcover, 100pp., 21.5x27.5cm., illustr. throughout in col. and b/w., in very good condition. ISBN 9780933424661. Filled with vintage photos of North American's legendary F-86 Sabre from assembly line to flight line, plus exploded views, cutaway and phantom drawings from tech manuals, disassembled aircraft, rare variants, experimental models, camouflage markings, armament configurations and more. WarbirdTech 3.…