Mustang Designer Edgar Schmued and the P-51

Name: Mustang Designer Edgar Schmued and the P-51
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ISBN: 9781560989943

ISBN-10: 1560989947

ISBN-13: 9781560989943

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ray Wagner

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 4/17/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 8.48" wide x 10.96" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Choosing Fighter Designs, 1935-1939: From P-30 to P-50



The Making of a Designer: Ed Schmued and North American Aviation



Birth of the Mustang, 1940



The War's Impact on Fighter Production, 1941-1942



A Push for Performance: Merlin-powered Mustangs



Stripped-down and Souped-up Fighters



Reaching for Range: The P-82 Twin Mustang



Facing the Jet Age, 1945-1952



Northrop Launches a New Fighter



A Monument of Mustangs


Appendix


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index