German Armored Warplanes of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes (Great War Aviation Centennial Series) - Softcover

Herris, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1935881116 ISBN 13: 9781935881117

Publisher: Aeronaut Books, 2012

Synopsis

This book describes and illustrates the development of German armored warplanes in WWI, primarily J-class infantry aircraft but including other experimental types, with text, more than 160 rare, contemporary photos, 38 color profiles, and tables of information including production quantities and serial numbers of aircraft and aircraft size and performance specifications. The origin and evolution of the armored warplane designs are discussed in the context of the German strategic situation and the evolving combat environment. Scale drawings of four aircraft, the AEG J.I and J.II and the Albatros J.I and J.II, to 1/48 scale are included in the book’s 116 pages. The book is of interest to aviation historians, enthusiasts, and modelers alike.

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About the Author

Jack Herris has a long history with aviation. His parents started dating while car-pooling together to North American Aviation during WW2. Jack’s father built P-51s, including parts for the first P-51 Mustang ever built, and his mother built B-25s. In 1971 Jack graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics. He then served as a Naval Aviator, flying P-3B Orion aircraft with VP-46. After leaving the navy he worked in the Laser Fusion Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, then worked in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley. He holds CFI, CFI-I, CFI-ME, ATP, and Learjet type ratings. Jack is a long-time member of the League of WWI Aviation Historians, and before that the Cross & Cockade Society, and has written more than a dozen articles on WWI aircraft published in their quarterly journal, Over the Front and has edited several issues of that journal. He brings insight into these aircraft both from his engineering and military pilot experience. In 1992 he founded Flying Machines Press to publish aviation history books and after publishing a number of titles, sold Flying Machines Press in 2000. He became a repeat offender by starting Aeronaut Books, which published its first two new aviation books around this around Thanksgiving 2010. For more information, see the website at www.aeronautbooks.com. Jack writes monthly articles on WWI airplanes for Model Aircraft magazine published in the UK, and has written the following books on WWI aircraft: Pfalz Aircraft of World War I SPAD Two-Seat Fighters of World War I Aircraft of WWI: 1914–1918 Development of German Warplanes in WWI — A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes and Seaplanes German Seaplane Fighters of WWI — A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes Nachtflugzeug! German N-Types of WWI — A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes Pfalz Aircraft of World War I — A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes

Edition details

• Publisher: Aeronaut Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1935881116
• ISBN 13: 9781935881117
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 116
• Illustrator: Pearson Bob, Boucher Jerry