World's fastest four-engine piston-powered aircraft
Subtitle: story of the Republic XR-12 Rainbow
By: by Mike Machat
Publisher: Specialty Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: North Branch, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781580071635
Subjects: Reconnaissance aircraft; Propeller-driven aircraft; Republic XR-12 (Reconnaissance aircraft); Research aircraft; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141) and index.
Table of contents: title: From Seversky to Republic; title: Tough decisions at Farmingdale; title: Contract, mock-up, and roll-out; title: Ship one, temporary triumph; title: A competitor emerges; title: Trial by fire for the XF-11; title: Airliner dreams and realities; title: Ship owo, a different breed; title: Somewhere over the rainbow.