North American Aviation
North American Aviation je bilo veliko ameriško letalsko-vesoljsko podjetje. Podjetje je ustanovil Clement Melville Keys 6. decembra 1928. North American je znan po letalih: trenažer T-6 Texan, T-28 Trojan, T-2 Buckeye; lovcih P-51 Mustang, F-86 Sabre, F-86D Sabre Dog, F-100 Super Sabre; bombnikih B-25 Mitchell, nad zvočnem B-1 Lancer; eksperimentalnih plovilih X-15, XB-70 Valkyrie; vesoljskem programu Space Shuttle, Apollo, servisni in komandni modul in 2. stopnje Saturn V; poslovnem letalu Sabreliner; športnih letalih Ryan Navion in Commander 112/114.
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Panoga | Letalstvo |
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Ustanovitev | 1928 |
Ukinitev | Marec 1967 |
Usoda | Združitev |
Naslednik | Rockwell International |
Sedež | |
Krovno podjetje | General Motors 1933–48 |
Najbolj znan testni pilot družbe North American Aviation je bil letalski as Robert Anderson "Bob" Hoover, ki je še dolga desetletja v pokoju navduševal občinstvo na letalskih mitingih z letali: P-51 Mustang, Shrike Commnader, Sabreliner, Commander 114 in ostalimi, ki jih je originalno testiral, ko so bili še prototipi.
Pozneje je podjetje postalo del Rockwell International, le-ta pa je sedaj del Boeinga.
LetalaUredi
- North American A-5 Vigilante
- North American A-27
- North American A-36 Apache
- North American AJ Savage
- Rockwell B-1 Lancer
- North American B-25 Mitchell
- North American B-45 Tornado
- North American BT-9
- North American F-82 Twin Mustang
- North American F-86 Sabre
- North American F-100 Super Sabre
- Rockwell Commander 112
- North American F-107
- North American FJ-1 Fury
- L-17 Navion
- North American NA-16
- North American NA-35
- NA-335
- North American O-47
- North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
- North American P-51 Mustang
- North American P-64
- North American T-2 Buckeye
- North American T-6 Texan
- North American T-28 Trojan
- North American T-39 Sabreliner
- North American X-10
- North American X-15
- North American XB-21
- North American XB-28
- North American XB-70 Valkyrie
- North American XF-108 Rapier
- North American YF-93
- North American XA2J Super Savage
- North American XSN2J
Vesoljska plovilaUredi
RaketeUredi
- AGM-28 Hound Dog
- AGM-64 Hornet
- RTV-A-3 NATIV
- SM-64 Navaho
- S-II - druga stopnja nosilne rakete Saturn V
- Little Joe (raketa)
- Little Joe II
Vojaška brezpilotna letalaUredi
ReferenceUredi
BibliografijaUredi
- Hagedorn, Dan. North American NA-16/AT-6/SNJ. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 1997. ISBN 0-933424-84-1
- Fletcher, David & MacPhail, Doug. Harvard! The North American Trainers in Canada. Dundas, ON: DCF Flying Books,1990. ISBN 0-9693825-0-2
- Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II. Cypress, CA. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.
- Pattillo, Donald M. Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry. Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, 1998.
Zunanje povezaveUredi
- Boeing.com: North American Aviation history
- Aerospace Legacy Foundation
- AeroWeb: List of NAA aircraft
- ACME, NAA history: documents and photographs archive.
- Autonetics division
- Bright, Charles D., The Jet Makers: The Aerospace Industry From 1945 to 1972, Lawrence, Kansas: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1978.