The F9C was the first fighter specifically designed to be dropped from mother airships. The plane would be lowered in the air stream hanging from a trapeze below the airship. The pilot would release the hook mechanism and fly to defend its airship. It would be retrieved inside the airship by hooking again on the trapeze. The Air Force also tried this and is covered in this book.
#485711 in Books Da Capo Press 2001-11-02Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x .65 x 6.00l; .97 #File Name: 0938289977284 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy Lt BakerThis book is a great read and tells the rich history of a brigade of men who fought and died for the Union cause1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Like NewBy LouI was reading up on the history of the great battles of the Civil War and I found this subject to be very interesting. Good book; well documented. Received it quickly and in like new condition.1 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Review of Civil War bookBy robert r. blinnLove history and love reading about the civil war. You can't really get into the war without reading about the 69 th N.Y. Also am intriqued by Gen. Meagher [Marr}. Incredible that such a brave man could end up in such a inglorious way. Bet he got drunk and fell overboard. Alcohol ruined so many Irishman. Relative to the book; I thought too much time was given to the soldier's musket's and photographs. A good job was done on the battles; however. I always believed that to get these soldiers on these killing fields; they must have been inebriated. This book ;to its credit; confirms this.
