Fighter Aircraft Combat Debuts 1915-1945 HB Before Jet Age Guttman 10895

Fighter Aircraft Combat Debuts, 1914-1944Innovation in Air Warfare Before the Jet Age\nAuthor(s): Jon Guttman\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Westholme Publishing, U.S., United States\nImprint: Westholme Publishing, U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781594162008, 978-1594162008\nSynopsis\nOf all military aircraft, fighter planes hold a mystique all their own. Perhaps it is because fighters can afford the least compromise: when the goal is to seize and maintain control of the air, the confrontation is direct. During World War I, the concept of air superiority took hold and in the ensuing decades the development of fighter aircraft became an ongoing back-and-forth battle, with adversaries trying to gain an upper hand through innovations in aerodynamics, powerplants, and armament. Fighter Aircraft Combat Debuts, [tel]: Innovation in Air Warfare Before the Jet Age by prominent aviation expert Jon Guttman explores the first combats for a variety of fighters of World War I, the conflicts of the so-called \""in.