Author: Kev Darling
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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This well-researched and readable book tells the full story of these important aircraft.

Author: Chris Thomas
Publisher: Arms & Armour
ISBN: 9780853688785
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Desmond Scott
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473820014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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A decorated WWII flying ace and Royal Air Force Group Captain recounts his experience in the air over Europe in this thrilling military memoir. New Zealand fighter pilot Desmond Scott joined the Royal Air Force in 1940. Over the course of his illustrious service, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, and a Distinguished Service Order. For the heroic act of rescuing a pilot from a crashed Supermarine Spitfire, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In Typhoon Pilot, Scott recounts his time as a young commander of a New Zealand Air Force squadron, and later as the RAF's youngest Group Captain at the age of 25. His story includes conflict in the air over Normandy, Belgium, Holland and Germany, where the Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber fought its last battle.

Author: Robert Jackson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780713716849
Category : Sea Fury (Fighter plane)
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Kev Darling
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0955984017
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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The Hawker Sea Fury was the final piston engine fighter produced by the company. Developed from the earlier Tempest this aircraft served with distinction over Korea being flown by RN and RAN pilots. This book covers the story of the type and is well illustrated using photographs and diagrams.

Author: Francis K. Mason
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780946627196
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Author: Bill Gunston
Publisher: Zenith Press
ISBN: 9780760307229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 479

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Specs for more than 160 aircraft, with illustrations and period photos to detail paint schemes. Ideal for scale and R/C modelers.

Author: Charles William Cain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780896730267
Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Author: Eric Brown
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297856901
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294

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The autobiography of one of the greatest pilots in history. In 1939 Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realising he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. During his lifetime he made a record-breaking 2,407 aircraft carrier landings and survived eleven plane crashes. One of Britain's few German-speaking airmen, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets. WINGS ON MY SLEEVE is 'Winkle' Brown's incredible story.

Author: J Paul Hodgson
Publisher: Air World
ISBN: 1526774674
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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“The rich and diverse history of the British aircraft industry is captured in superb detail by the author in this weighty tome.” —Aviation News Great Britain’s aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer to design and build an aeroplane “for commercial gain.” This book tells the complete story of the 110 years since the start, all the companies formed and the aircraft they produced, highlighting the advances in aeronautical ambition and technology. It is the story of the creation, survival and decline of all one hundred and twenty-three of the aircraft design and construction companies formed between 1908 and 2018. The exhilaration of success and the magic of aviation technology are vividly illustrated by the technical and political birth stories of iconic projects, such as the Cirrus/Gypsy Moths, the Tiger Moth, the flying boats of Imperial Airways, Spitfire, Lancaster, Viscount, Vulcan, Harrier, Buccaneer and many more. The rotary wing industry is not forgotten. The birth of the jet turbine engine and the quest for supersonic speed is included. The stories of the disappointments of failure and disaster, such as the Brabazon, Comet, Princess, Rotodyne and TSR-2, and the growth of international collaboration in Concorde, Tornado, Airbus, Eurofighter Typhoon and other projects are included, in the context of the international scene and domestic politics. The conclusion highlights the prominent reminiscences and speculates on the future of the aircraft industry in Britain. “An outstanding reference book and a thoroughly enjoyable canter through the decades, from the days of wood and fabric to the modern composite structure of the wings of the A400 Atlas.” —RAF Historical Society