Jim Winchester
Autore di The World's Worst Aircraft (From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters)
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Jim Winchester is a freelance writer who has written widely of various aspects of aviation. He is the author of several books
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Opere di Jim Winchester
The World's Worst Aircraft (From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters) (2005) 169 copie
Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles of WWII: The World's Greatest Military Vehicles 1939-1945 (2003) 58 copie
Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes, and Experimental Aircraft (Aviation Factfile) (2005) 52 copie
Dogfight: Military Aircraft Compared and Contrasted - Includes Real Life Aerial Combat Accounts (2006) 28 copie
The Encyclopedia of Modern Aircraft: From Civilian Airliners to Military Superfighters (2006) 22 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Winchester, Jim
- Sesso
- male
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 43
- Utenti
- 1,117
- Popolarità
- #22,994
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 104
- Lingue
- 5
From there, Winchester gives you a grab bag of supporting stories, this book being a biography of Webster, a chronicle of the carrier "Ticonderoga" (particularly her war cruise of 1965-66), an examination of the operational theory of the nuclear arsenals carried on the U.S. Navy's carriers, the publicity impact of what happened once the incident was finally uncovered, and a coda about the lingering impact.
As for what the U.S. Navy made of this whole event, it did lead to a certain tightening of procedures in terms of deck-handling of aircraft on carriers. One consistent theme in Winchester's chronicle is the high level of physical menace on a carrier during an operational deployment.
So, not the most scintillating book I've ever read, but it was certainly informative.… (altro)