ARADO HISTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Jorg Armin Kranzhoff
Published by Schiffer Military History
in 1997
ISBN: 0764302930
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ARADO HISTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Jorg Armin Kranzhoff.
Stock no. 1706389
1997.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition.
Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 166 pages. ISBN: 0764302930.
Front cover

Contents
- Introduction
- Part I - The Creative Years
- Chapter 1 - Beginnings of the Warnemunde Naval Facility and the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
- Chapter 2 - Establishment of the Arado Handelsgesellschaft
- Chapter 3 - The First "In-House" Designs
- Chapter 4 - New Concepts
- Chapter 5 - Weapons and Alternative Production - Signs of the Economic Depression
- Chapter 6 - First Production Runds for the "Risky Air Armada"
- Chapter 7 - Redesignation as the Arado Flugzeugwerke: Personnel Changes and Expansion of Production
- Chapter 8 - Foundation of the New Luftwaffe
- Chapter 9 - The New Generation of Aircraft
- Part II - New Role as a Reich-Owned Company
- Chapter 10 - The End of Independence
- Chapter 11 - Structured Economic Dirigisme
- Chapter 12 - Mass Production: The Ar 96 Trainer
- Chapter 13 - Experimenting with "Air Tourism": World Records with the Ar 79 Sport and Touring Airplane
- Chapter 14 - The National Socialist Model Operation
- Chapter 15 - The Dream of a "High-Speed Two-Seater": The Ar 240/440 Attack Airplane
- Chapter 16 - Victim of the Red Pencil: The Ar 232 Combat Transport
- Part III - Total Commitment and Decentralization
- Chapter 18 - The Leap to Jet Power
- Chapter 19 - Unrealized Projects
- Chapter 20 - Collapse and Liquidation
- Notes
- Appendices:
- Technical Data
- Arado Projects
- Personnel of the Arado Werke
- Table of Surviving Arado Aircraft
- Bibliography
- Photo Credits
- The Author