ebooks Real Christianity by William Wilberforce in History

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This is the comprehensive story of some of the most radical attackaircraft ever designed to operate from an aircraft carrier. These incredibleprojects were developed in 1948 to equip the USS United States;an immense 65;000-ton supercarrier that was to have been the coreof the Navy s nascent strategic nuclear bombardment capability. Legendaryaerospace companies such as Convair; Curtiss-Wright; Douglas;Fairchild; Lockheed; Martin; North American; Northrop; and Republicwould each submit proposals to the competitions. Varying widely inappearance; these studies ranged from Douglas s relatively small andmodern Model 593 to their unconventional Model 1186 series; whichwas inspired by the X-3 Stiletto and featured a small parasite aircraftmounted atop a gigantic missile. Recently declassified; details of thesefascinating projects are presented here for the first time.