Description
A thorough photographic history of the US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team.
About the Author
Ken Neubeck is a reliability engineer who worked on the A-10 production program from 1974 through 1987. He is the author of several aircraft books and amateur-radio books. He served as president of the Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, which preserves the history of aircraft built at this location, such as the A-10, as well as being the location, for the Blue Angels during their Jones Beach Airshow activities.
Book Information
ISBN 9780764356582
Author Ken Neubeck
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 1179g
Since 1946, the world-famous US Navy Blue Angels flying-demonstration team has performed in airshows in the United States and around the world. This book details the origins of the team when created by the US Navy, as well as describing the different models of aircraft that the team has flown during its seventy-year history.
- Propeller-driven F6F-5 Hellcat and F8F Bearcat
- Jet-powered F9F-8 Cougar, F11F-1 Tiger, F-4 Phantom, and A-4 Skyhawk
- Present-day F/A-18 Hornet
- Graphic and photographic descriptions of some of the team's signature maneuvers that are performed during a Blue Angels airshow, in stunning imagery.
Part of the Legends of Warfare series.
About the Author
Ken Neubeck is a reliability engineer who worked on the A-10 production program from 1974 through 1987. He is the author of several aircraft books and amateur-radio books. He served as president of the Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, which preserves the history of aircraft built at this location, such as the A-10, as well as being the location, for the Blue Angels during their Jones Beach Airshow activities.
Book Information
ISBN 9780764356582
Author Ken Neubeck
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 1179g
