Book Review of
Origins & Evolutions
Boeing B-47 Stratojet &
B-52 Stratofortress
Author: Scott Lowther
Tempest Books
ISBN: 9781911658764
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $49.99
ISBN: 9781911658764
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $49.99
The famous B-52 Stratofortress has been in service with the USAF for more than 65 years and its iconic shape is known and recognized all over the world. Yet the B-52 and its predecessor, the B-53 Stratojet, started out looking very different indeed.
Each aircraft was the end product of a lengthy design process which saw numerous configurations studied –with plenty of diversions taken and missteps made along the way.
In Boeing B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress: Origins & Evolution, aerospace engineer Scott Lowther reviews and explains the many different projects put forward for these two iconic aircraft, including a wide variety of rare and forgotten designs.
Providing full-page diagrams, a wealth of new artwork and accurate data, the book will be useful for model makers interested in new and unique projects, aerospace engineers curious about the process of design evolution and those interested in these fascinating aircrafts.
THE BOOK:
Tempest Books is located in the UK.
This book is hard-bound of 392 pages (5 pages are blank) in 8” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a B-52, B-47 and a prototypal aircraft flying above the clouds.
All are blue above metal fuselages.
The book contains 33 small top view illustrations of these 2 aircraft and prototypes (most of which were never built). The majority of them are blue over metal bodies.
There is one that is blue with white panels. One that is red with a black anti-glare panel in front of the cockpit. One that is overall light-tan and two that are overall bare metal.
Line drawings in the book consist of:
Twenty-one side views. Fifteen top views. Three 2-views. One-Hundred and sixty-nine 3-views. Fifty 4-views. Fifteen 5-views. Eight 6-views. One 7-view. Three 8-views. One of 33-views and one of 13 views.
At the end of the book there are 6 pages of GENERAL DATA UPDATES, 5 ½ pages of REFERENCES and a 6 page INDEX.
This is a neat book about these 2 aircraft and many prototypes.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of Tempest Books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Each aircraft was the end product of a lengthy design process which saw numerous configurations studied –with plenty of diversions taken and missteps made along the way.
In Boeing B-47 Stratojet and B-52 Stratofortress: Origins & Evolution, aerospace engineer Scott Lowther reviews and explains the many different projects put forward for these two iconic aircraft, including a wide variety of rare and forgotten designs.
Providing full-page diagrams, a wealth of new artwork and accurate data, the book will be useful for model makers interested in new and unique projects, aerospace engineers curious about the process of design evolution and those interested in these fascinating aircrafts.
THE BOOK:
Tempest Books is located in the UK.
This book is hard-bound of 392 pages (5 pages are blank) in 8” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a B-52, B-47 and a prototypal aircraft flying above the clouds.
All are blue above metal fuselages.
The book contains 33 small top view illustrations of these 2 aircraft and prototypes (most of which were never built). The majority of them are blue over metal bodies.
There is one that is blue with white panels. One that is red with a black anti-glare panel in front of the cockpit. One that is overall light-tan and two that are overall bare metal.
Line drawings in the book consist of:
Twenty-one side views. Fifteen top views. Three 2-views. One-Hundred and sixty-nine 3-views. Fifty 4-views. Fifteen 5-views. Eight 6-views. One 7-view. Three 8-views. One of 33-views and one of 13 views.
At the end of the book there are 6 pages of GENERAL DATA UPDATES, 5 ½ pages of REFERENCES and a 6 page INDEX.
This is a neat book about these 2 aircraft and many prototypes.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample.
Casemate is the N. American distributor of Tempest Books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.