The publisher has developed from a background of publishing fine books for model engineers and model makers, and books with a specific Polish background. This new title is one of their very fine aircraft histories with a high image content, detailed text and some specially commissioned full colour sketches of special interest to modellers – Very Highly Recommended
NAME: The Curtiss-Wright AT-9, The Other Jeep FILE: R2905 AUTHOR: Dan Hagedorn PUBLISHER: MMPBooks BINDING: hard back PAGES: 175 PRICE: £20.00 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: AT-9, CW-25, Curtiss-Wright, warplanes, transport aircraft, training aircraft, utility aircraft, twin engine aircraft
ISBN: 978-83-65958-30-3
IMAGE: B2905.jpg BUYNOW: tinyurl.com/y6g45jy6 LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The publisher has developed from a background of publishing fine books for model engineers and model makers, and books with a specific Polish background. This new title is one of their very fine aircraft histories with a high image content, detailed text and some specially commissioned full colour sketches of special interest to modellers – Very Highly Recommended The author has produced an impeccably researched review of the AT-6 in context with the heavy workload at Curtiss-Wright for both warplanes and transport aircraft. The collection of images through the book are outstanding and include cockpit photographs, with a set of full page full colour images of individual AT-9 aircraft. The AT-9 is not an aircraft type that most will have heard of. Curtiss-Wright are deservedly known for many of their designs, particularly for the Hawk series of fighter aircraft, particularly the P-40 which was produced in volume and served a number air forces during WWII with particular success in North Africa as a close support fighter. Curtiss-Wright are also well known for the dive bombers and transport aircraft they produced, again in volume. Of course these aircraft capture the imagination because they engage in battle and many carry very colourful artwork, such as the teeth of the Flying Tigers' Curtiss-Wright Hawk fighters flown for the Chinese by American volunteers. Although the AT-9 was largely overshadowed by its more glamorous stablemates, it had an important and distinguished career. It was designed as an advanced trainer but it was also used in many other roles. The author has carefully researched this history to produce an account of an important, if under estimated, aircraft.