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Издательство: Squadron/Signal publications
Серия: Detail & Scale 63
Автор: Bert Kinzey
Название: P-39 Airacobra in Detail & Scale
Язык: английский
Год издания: 1999
Количество страниц: 76
Формат: pdf
Размер: 21 мб

One of the most unusual designs to come out of WWII, the P-39 was intended to be a fast, high altitude interceptor, but was redesigned to be a low-altitude ground attack machine. First ordered in October of 1937, the P-39 first flew the following April, and first saw combat in March of 1942. Includes the XFL-1 Airabonita, XP-39, XP-39B, YP-39, P-39C, Airacobra I, P-40O, P-39D, P-39F, P-39J, P-39K, P-39L, P-39M, P-39N, P-39Q, XP-39E, XP-63, XP-63A, P-63A, RP-63A, P-63C, P-63E, P-63F, and RP-63G variants. Hundreds of photos illustrate never-before-seen details inside and out. Includes a 2-page modeling summary. Illustrated with 185 b/w and 58 color photos, 10 color drawings, 28 b/w line drawings; 83 pages.