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Delta Wings
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oncorde, Vulcan, Blackbird… just saying the names of these
aviation masterpieces is guaranteed to set the heart racing.
But apart from their ability to change the octave levels of
many a grown man’s voice, they also have another thing in common.
They are all delta-winged.
Named for its similarity in shape to the Greek letter, this purest form
of aero engineering had been intriguing aviation designers for decades,
but it only became a reality when advances in technology and the jet
engine inally allowed these aesthetic beauties to be built. The world
had seen nothing like them before… nor had its skies resounded to such
a thunderous soundtrack. For it was all about speed. Mach numbers
would be sent tumbling, along with world speed records. The delta was
at its best slicing through the rareied upper atmosphere, a shimmering
apparition seemingly conjured from science iction novels. High and fast
was the regime of the deltas, but they also had to come back to earth
where slow and low ruled. Pushed by the extremes of the challenge, the
designers produced some of the most innovative and charismatic aircraft
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to ever take to the skies. The delta became all-conquering. Arrow-like
ighters became the vogue, the Vulcan bomber cast its immense ‘manta’
shadow, while the queen of them all, Concorde, allowed mere mortals
to travel at twice the speed of sound. The future looked triangular and
assured. But the limitations of the delta wing had never fully been solved,
and when computer-aided design began to take over from the pen, the
pure delta as an unadulterated art form died.
This then is the fascinating story of delta-winged aircraft, from
experimental test-beds to the undisputed fastest aircraft on the planet.
A supersonic story guaranteed to set the pulses racing.
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‘Delta Wings’ is No 40 in the successful Aviation Archive series. It features
unparalleled photographic coverage, including many exclusive and rare
shots that have never been seen before.
Cover:
Two of the greatest deltas of them all, Concorde and Blackbird.
Delta Wings
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CONTENTS
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BIRTH OF THE DELTA
CONVAIR XF-92
12 BOULTON PAUL P.111
14 AVRO VULCAN
21 CONVAIR F2Y SEA DART
27 CONVAIR F-102 DELTA DAGGER
30 CONVAIR XFY-1 POGO
32 FAIREY DELTA 2
36 SAAB J35
DRAKEN
41 CONVAIR
B-58 HUSTLER
46 DASSAULT MIRAGE III/5/50
52 CONVAIR F-106 DELTA DART
54 SHORT SC1
56 AVRO CANADA CF-105 ARROW
61 DASSAULT MIRAGE IV
66 HANDLEY PAGE HP115
68 LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD
74 TUPOLEV TU-144
78 AEROSPATIALE/BAC CONCORDE
84 DASSAULT MIRAGE 2000
90 GENERAL DYNAMICS F-16XL
92 BOEING X-32
94 HAL TEJAS
Right:
The Avro Vulcan, one of the mightiest deltas of them all.
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