Selasa, 17 Januari 2017

Drafting Table Aces: Nine Designers of the Some of the Most Significant Aircraft

The red carpet for great aircraft designers has been trod by names that may not be household fare but certainly are known in every hangar. Kelly Johnson, Ed Heinemann, Jack Northrop, Burt Rutan, Igor Sikorsky, the expat Alexanders de Seversky and Kartveli. Willi Messerschmitt, Claude Dornier, Ernst Heinkel and Kurt Tank. R.J. Mitchell of Spitfire …

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