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- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller notes
- “Minimal wear, the pages are free of markings.”
- ISBN
- 9780760344262
- Book Title
- Area 51 - Black Jets : A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base
- Item Length
- 10.5in
- Publisher
- Quarto Publishing Group USA
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
- Topic
- Military Science, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Military / Aviation, History, Military / Pictorial
- Item Width
- 8.5in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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Area 51's most important military aviation developments are profiled in an illustrated format. When most of us think of Area 51, we think of aliens, UFOs, and controversial government cover-ups. It's easy to forget that, since the mid-1950s, the United States' famed extension of Edwards Air Force Base has served as a top-secret CIA testing ground for many of the most groundbreaking advancements in American military aviation technology. In Area 51 - Black Jets , author and military historian Bill Yenne offers the first fully illustrated chronology of Area 51's most famous aircraft projects, including Lockheed's U-2 Dragon Lady and SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance planes, drones ranging from the early Lockheed D-21 to the modern-day General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and the famous F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter produced by the Have Blue program during the 1970s. Each project is given its own fascinating chapter illuminating the aircraft's development at this famed location. But beyond the aircraft themselves, Area 51 - Black Jets also covers a handful of the many classified experimental programs carried out at Area 51 over the years, such as Have Doughnut , Have Ferry , and Have Drill - secret undertakings that successfully reverse-engineered such enemy aircraft as the Russian MiG during the Cold War. Presented in beautiful hardcover format and illustrated with historic color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and maps, this book reveals Area 51 for what it truly is: a clandestine area for the United States' most cutting-edge technological innovators in military aviation.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760344264
ISBN-13
9780760344262
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168606883
Product Key Features
Book Title
Area 51 - Black Jets : A History of the Aircraft Developed at Groom Lake, America's Secret Aviation Base
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military Science, United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), Military / Aviation, History, Military / Pictorial
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Travel, History
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10.5in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
8.5in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ug634.5.A74y46 2014
Reviews
"Unlike the breathless treatment given the subject in other mass-market volumes, Area 51 Black Jets provides solid research and real background on the more well-known programs that conducted flights from Groom Lake. Area 51 Black Jets is one example of truth being more interesting than fiction." - DefenseMediaNetwork.com, "This book is equally suited for the aviation enthusiast as well as the historian. Area 51 Black Jets addresses so many of the seemingly innumerable as well as fantastic aeronautical advancements accomplished there. It is an incredible story told well by Bill Yenne" - SeattlePI.com, "Since the mid-1950s, Area 51 (aka the Nevada Test and Training Range, Homey Airport, and more), a desolate, dry lake bed in the southern Nevada desert, has operated as a clandestine CIA-U.S. Air Force-Lockheed Corporation test site for ongoing cutting-edge research in U.S. flight technology. In July 2013, following a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed nearly a decade earlier, the CIA finally acknowledged the existence of Area 51 for the first time by declassifying documents outlining the mandate and history of the base. Military historian Yenne's (Aces High) insightful study provides an illustrated chronology of many of Area 51's premier aircraft projects, which include Lockheed's U-2 and SR-71 spy planes, a range of drones, from the early Lockheed D-21 to the contemporary Predator, and the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter. Yenne awards each major program its own chapter showcasing the aircraft's stage-by-stage development. In addition, he previews just a few of the classified special assignments undertaken over time, such as the analysis and covert trial deployment of "acquired" Soviet planes, as well as rumored extraterrestrial projects. VERDICT A comprehensive study, incorporating sound research, vivid prose, colorful illustrations, helpful maps, diagrams, and an indispensable acronym list. Recommended for aviation historians and enthusiasts and those who are interested in U.S. intelligence, national security, conspiracy theories, and UFOs."e" Library Journal
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2013-033111
Dewey Decimal
623.74/6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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