"Unabridged republication of the work originally compiled and published by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, CA, in 1940, under the title Aircraft Design Sketch Book"--Title page verso.

In the short time between the first flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk in 1903 and the Battle of Britain that started in July of 1940, the airplane had evolved from a rickety DIY creation to ...

Barns, manors, and mills were transformed into bustling assembly halls by the British aircraft industry during WWII, uniting together legendary aircraft builders in one struggle: Supermarine, Hawker, ...

Inside the story of an odd-looking fighter jet that became one of WWII's most effective covert aircraft, due to its short ...