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Excerpt from Capital Improvements Budget, Public Improvements Program: F. Y. 1966-1967, F. Y. 1971-1972, Thomasville, North CarolinaThe City of Thomasville, with an annual operating budget of approximately is in every sense big business. Every year it derives revenue from various sources and spends money to provide the services and facilities that its stock holders, the citizens, demand. The Mayor and Councilmen act as the legislative or polic...

Excerpt from Capital Improvements Budget, Public Improvements Program: F. Y. 1966-1967, F. Y. 1971-1972, Thomasville, North CarolinaThe City of Thomasville, with an annual operating budget of approximately is in every sense big business. Every year it derives revenue from various sources and spends money to provide the services and facilities that its stock holders, the citizens, demand. The Mayor and Councilmen act as the legislative or polic...

Excerpt from Population and Economy, Taylorsville, North CarolinaAlexander County's population, reported by the Census Bureau, is listed as residents in 1960. This is a numerical gain of from 1950 and a percentage increase of per cent. Although the County does not experience a percentage loss in population, it has only enjoyed a small population gain which has averaged about per cent since 1910. The accompanying table lists the population of A...

Excerpt from Population and Economy, Taylorsville, North CarolinaAlexander County's population, reported by the Census Bureau, is listed as residents in 1960. This is a numerical gain of from 1950 and a percentage increase of per cent. Although the County does not experience a percentage loss in population, it has only enjoyed a small population gain which has averaged about per cent since 1910. The accompanying table lists the population of A...

This new book is the third of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germany's legendary World War II jet fighter, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured here are the Me 262 "A" series types from the A-1a jabo through the A-5 and including bomber, recon, night-fighter and other variants. Forthcoming volumes in the series will cover additional production types and unusual design versions.

Rare history of the the secretive and seldom photographed Me 209 V1, V2, V3, and V4 prototypes.

A detailed look at the aircraft proposed by Gotha to replace the Horten Ho 229, which had already been selected for series production by the RLM. Includes a comparison of the two aircraft, as well as firsthand interviews with those involved in the program.

This new book is the second of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germanys legendary World War II jet fighter the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured in this volume is the Me 262A-1a, the standard fighter variant. Later volumes will cover additional production types and unusual design versions.

Eugen Sänger's proposed manned, bi-fuel, liquid rocket-powered orbital bomber was truly mid-1940s high tech. The world's first intercontinental bomber project, the Sänger orbital bomber's total flight time was expected to be no more than two hours. Fascinating stuff. The complete story is told here for the first time.

The Fi 103 V-1 was the world's first practical cruise missile. The manned V-1s, the Fi 103R - known as the "Reichenburg" - were developed as a measure to continue the use of the V-1s after the Allies destroyed the missile's launch sites. Only about 175 manned V-1s were constructed, converted from existing new V-1s yet not a single machine was ever flown against an Allied target because the program was canceled in October 1944. Here is the comp...

The Arado Ar 234C was the worlds first four turbojet-powered flying machine to be built in series. But it was more than that, and its design and testing raised great hopes among the Nazis. The Ar 234 was nothing less than Adolf Hitlers long awaited Englnder Bomber. Powered by four BMW 003A-1 turbojet engines, with a combined thrust of 7, 040 pounds, early test results indicated that it could reach speeds of over 550 mph even when loaded with t...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Powered by a single HeS 001A turbojet engine, Woldemer Voigt, who had artfully crafted the Me 262, ran out of time before he could make the 1101s design jell as he struggled to produce the worlds first variable wing sweep, ultra light weight interceptor, and armed with Germanys state-of-the art wing-mounted air-to-air guided missiles. Po...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Three Horten Ho 9s were constructed prior to wars end: the V1 sailplane, the twin 004B powered prototype V2, and the serial production prototype V3 by Gotha-Friedrichsroda. The V1 was destroyed at the U.S. Luftwaffe Aircraft Collection Center-Merseburg. The V2 crashed at Oranienburg killing its test pilot Erwin Ziller. The V3 was capture...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Into the arms of the angels went pilots of the Me 163s, however the Alexander Lippisch-designed machine wasnt quite finished even though it went into serial production. The RLM called upon Heinrich Hertel of Junkers Flugzeugbau to give the aging 163 a complete make over and a make up for all the initial items it lacked that is a cruising...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II The Focke-Wulf Ta 183 geheim projekt came from the mind of aircraft design genius Hans Multhopp. With its single HeS 011A turbojet engine and signature Multhopp T-tail it had been selected for immediate series production by the RLM in March, 1945, and Focke-Wulf officials believed that the 183s maiden flight might occur as quickly as Jun...

This new book is the first of a multi-volume series covering the complete history of Germanys legendary World War II jet fighter the Messerschmitt Me 262. Featured in this volume are the early Me 262 concept and wind tunnel designs. This includes all of the Me 262 Versuch or research design prototypes and the pre-production Serein or S-type flight test machines. Later volumes will cover production types and unusual design variants.

Detailed history of Kurt Tanks legendary twin Jumo 213A piston engine powered Ta 154 night fighter the German Moskito.

The pilot-operated Bachem Ba 349 Natter (Adder) was one of several unexpected new weapons Germany was seeking to perfect for a more effective defense against Allied heavy bombers. The idea of the ground-to-air missile to slow down, if not stop, attacking aircraft was one of the greatest developments to come out of World War II, and Germany led the field. David Myhra has taken 240 photographs and illustrations from his collection and presents t...

X PLANES OF THE THIRD REICH SERIES An Illustrated Series on Germany's Experimental Aircraft of World War II Over 200 images, including three-view drawings, comprise this one of a kind photo album on the He 162. Included are photos of the He 162 in wartime service with JG 1, and the later surrender of at least thirty-one flight ready He 162s to British ground forces at Lech on 8 May 1945. Subsequent test flights of He 162s in post-war England, ...

This is the story of the world's first attempt at perfecting a true, tail-sitting vertical take off and landing (VTOL) interceptor flying machine â Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau's proposed "TriebflÃ"geljäger" or thrust wing fighter project of 1944. The TriebflÃ"geljäger was not intended to be an air-superiority dogfighter, but a bomber killer rising straight up from its hiding place in the forest or urban area to meet and attack Allied bombers head...