Kenneth Katz

The Supersonic Bone

A Development and Operational History of the B-1 Bomber. Sprache: Englisch.

kartoniert , 392 Seiten

ISBN 1399020293

EAN 9781399020299

Veröffentlicht 30. November 2025

Verlag/Hersteller Pen & Sword Books

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Beschreibung

When the B-52 Stratofortress entered operational service with the US Air Force in 1955, work was already underway on deﬁning its successor. The B-70 Valkyrie, a Mach 3 jet bomber, was one option. Although two XB-70A prototypes ﬂew, the B-70 never went into production.

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Educated in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan, KENNETH P. KATZ has over three decades of experience as an US Air Force officer, flight test engineer, and project manager. He is currently employed as a staff project engineer for a major aerospace contractor. Katz has a commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating, flight experience as an observer and crewmember in over 20 types of military aircraft and is a Senior Member of the Society of Flight Test Engineers. He is the author of three patents, several conference papers, and two previous books about the subject of modern military aircraft. Katz currently lives in Connecticut in the United States.