Ed Further to Owen's message; try Kurt Tank's autobiography. He designed the splendid Focke-Wolf 190 and many earlier and later aircraft, including jets for South America. I often wondered why the F-W 190 had such a small cooling air intake. However, it had a fan going at twice engine speed.
Brian of SpotMog On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Owen Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Ed, if you enjoyed "Not Much of an Engineer", you might like "The Power to > Fly", by Brian G. Rowe, who started off as an apprentice at De Havilland's > and went on to be the top man at GE aero engines. I picked it up recently > in a bookshop in Ballater. In it there is a picture of him with von Ohain > and Whittle. > > Cheers, > Owen. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. A. Driver" <[email protected]> > To: "mogtalk2" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:02 AM > Subject: [mogtalk2] Books > > > Hi fellows >> >> Has anyone a hot title for a good read? Things are too quiet and I need >> some distraction >> >> Warm regards >> Ed >> Saskatoon >> > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
