Verlag: Flying Machines Press, Stratford, Connecticut, 1997
ISBN 10: 1891268015 ISBN 13: 9781891268014
Anbieter: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 69 Pages. Red pictorial cover with white and black lettering. The Brandenburg D.I was the first biplane fighter of the Luftfahrtruppe, the Austro-Hungarian air service. This book is the most complete history of this significant aircraft ever presented. The Brandenburg D.I, frequently called the KD for Kampf- doppeldecker, or biplane fighter, was a transitional fighter. It offered its pilots better performance than the Fokker monoplanes that had been the early mainstay of the the Luftfahrtrupp and lead to the more capable Aviatik D.I, Albatros D.II and D.III, and Phonix D.I, D.II, and D.IIa biplane fighters that followed it into service. This detailed operational history of the Brandenburg D.I is the work of Karl Meindl and Walter Schroeder, who contributed most of the photographs together with the color references. The KD was sturdy and streamlined, its unique star strut arrangement eliminating the drag- producing bracing wires used by most biplanes. This made it for its time, a critical quality in a fighter. Unfortunately, the star struts were also heavy. Their weight, coupled with the weight of the water-cooled engine, gave it a poor rate of climb. The over-wing armament used by most KD fighters was troublesome and unreliable, a trait it shared with the similarly-armed Nieuport 11 and 17 fighters that were its frequent adversaries. Gun jams were numerous and clearing them impossible. The KD's greatest weakness was its poor maneuverability and handling qualities, which were dangerous to its pilots and put it at a distinct disadvantage in the close-in, high-G maneuvering combats or dogfights that characterized the first air war. However, the KD was not alone in having dangerous handling qualities; even the highly-regarded Sopwith Camel had such treacherous handling qualities that more of its pilots were killed in training and operational accidents than in air combat. The Camel's redeeming feature, for those pilots who survived £lying it long enough to master its idiosyncracies, was its excellent maneuverability, a quality the KD unfortunately lacked. The Brandenburg D.I was developed into the excellent Phonix D.I fighter, which eliminated the heavy strut arrangement and combined a more powerful engine with twin synchronized machine guns to give it the improved climb, maneuverability, handling qualities, and firepower required of a front-line fighter by the last year of the war.
Verlag: Flying Machines Press, 1997
ISBN 10: 1891268015 ISBN 13: 9781891268014
Anbieter: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, USA
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Soft cover. Zustand: USED_NEARFINE. First. larger-format; very nice copy.
Verlag: Heidelberg, 1998
ISBN 10: 3811494961 ISBN 13: 9783811494961
Anbieter: ralfs-buecherkiste, Herzfelde, MOL, Deutschland
Softcover kart. 17*24. Zustand: Gut. 214 Seiten altersbedingt sehr guter Zustand mx66691 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 400.
Verlag: Flying Machines Press, USA, 2002
Anbieter: Copnal Books, Crewe, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None.
Verlag: Graz, Weishaupt 1991., 1991
Anbieter: Antiquariat Löcker, Wien, Österreich
4°. 87 S., zahlr. Abb., OPappband mit OU., sehr gut erhalten. ISBN 3900310807 Mit hs. Widmung des Mitautors Schroeder auf dem Vortitelbl.
Verlag: Graz Weishaupt, 1991
Anbieter: Galerie Magnet GmbH, Völkermarkt, Österreich
87 S. Mit vielen Abb. 4°. Orig.-Ppbd. m. illustr. Schutzumschlag. With an English Summary. - Gut erhalten.
Verlag: Weishaupt, Graz, 1991
Anbieter: Buchhandlung Stöhr GmbH, Wien, Österreich
Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Sehr gut. FP Oblt. Othmar Wolfan und die Chronik der Fliegerkompanie 56J. Großformat, 88 Seiten, s/w-Abbildungen, Karten, Flugzeugrisse, Quellenverzeichnis, Personenregister.