{"product_id":"9781844687527","title":"Infamous Aircraft: Dangerous designs and their vices","description":"Many aircraft, some famous and some rare, gained a reputation for being difficult to fly and sometimes downright dangerous. This book looks at some of the worst culprits over a period spanning World War One to the age of supersonic flight. The following aircraft are included.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBE.2 - The RFC went to war in it in 1914. The BE was easy to fly and very stable - but it was difficult to maneuver and very easy to shoot down.  Tarrant Tabor - The Tabor was grotesque, a massive misfit of an experimental bomber that predictably came to grief on its first flight.  Avro Manchester - The twin-engined Manchester would fly all the way to Berlin and back - only to burst into flames over its own base. Messerschmitt Me 210 - The Me 210 was developed as a successor to Goering's Destroyer, the Bf110. It was a disaster with a phenomenal accident rate.  Martin B-26 Marauder - They called the B-26 the Widow-maker, fast and powerful, with some savage characteristics.  Reichenberg IV - a manned version of the V-1 flying bomb, was a desperation weapon, its pilots intended to fly suicide missions against Allied shipping.  Tu-144 - Rushed prematurely into its test program to beat the Anglo-French Concorde, the TU-144 was intended to be Russia's supersonic dream.","brand":"Pen and Sword","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150342013168,"sku":"9781844687527","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781844687527_p0.jpg?v=1763746664","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781844687527","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}