L-15 Scout

<p> As World War II drew to a close Boeing realizing that its huge Wichita factory would be out of work at war's end began working on a light personal airplane.</p><p> It nabbed the contract for what became the L-15 Scout despite the plane's third-place finish in a 1946 U.S. military liaison aircraft competition. Although the aircraft ultimately was not mass produced Boeing's engineers created proposals for both military and civilian follow-ups.</p><p> This book tells for the first time the full story of the L-15--the competition and the competitors the evolution of Boeing's entry into the prototype XL-15 the plane's specifications the rivalry between the U.S. Army and Air Force and the government's decision to adopt a different plane instead.</p>