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ARADO HISTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPANY

by Jorg Armin Kranzhoff

Published by Schiffer Military History. 1997

Nearly fine condition. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w diagrams. B/w photos. 166 pages.

ISBN: 0764302930
Stock no. 1706389

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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

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