Author: Alec Brew
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445623188
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The fascinating history of Wolverhampton's airports.
100 Years of Wolverhampton's Airports
Author: Alec Brew
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445623188
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The fascinating history of Wolverhampton's airports.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445623188
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
The fascinating history of Wolverhampton's airports.
Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915
Author: Alec Brew
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The ancient Norwich firm of Boulton & Paul were brought into aircraft construction in 1915, and quickly became one of the great innovators. They pioneered metal construction and built the frame of the largest aircraft ever built in Britain, the R.101 airship. The Overstrand, the last of their superlative medium bombers, was the first aircraft in the world to feature a power-operated gun turret, and after their move to Wolverhampton in 1936 and change of name to Boulton Paul Aircraft their gun turrets became a vital component of the war effort, not least in their own Defiant, which fought in the Battle of Britain and was the most successful night fighter in the dark nights of the Blitz. Their post-war Balliol trainer was the World's first single-engine turboprop and their last production aircraft, because the technology of their gun turrets was translated into their world lead as manufacturers of power operated control units, and then fly-by-wire. Becoming part of the Dowty Group and later GE Aviation, their advanced aerospace product line is now invested in the firm of Moog, still in Wolverhampton, still innovating.
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The ancient Norwich firm of Boulton & Paul were brought into aircraft construction in 1915, and quickly became one of the great innovators. They pioneered metal construction and built the frame of the largest aircraft ever built in Britain, the R.101 airship. The Overstrand, the last of their superlative medium bombers, was the first aircraft in the world to feature a power-operated gun turret, and after their move to Wolverhampton in 1936 and change of name to Boulton Paul Aircraft their gun turrets became a vital component of the war effort, not least in their own Defiant, which fought in the Battle of Britain and was the most successful night fighter in the dark nights of the Blitz. Their post-war Balliol trainer was the World's first single-engine turboprop and their last production aircraft, because the technology of their gun turrets was translated into their world lead as manufacturers of power operated control units, and then fly-by-wire. Becoming part of the Dowty Group and later GE Aviation, their advanced aerospace product line is now invested in the firm of Moog, still in Wolverhampton, still innovating.
Staffordshire Airfields Through Time
Author: Alec Brew
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445687216
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed within Staffordshire.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445687216
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
In almost 200 photographs, this book places the aircraft, runways and buildings in the modern landscape, showing how they have been transformed within Staffordshire.
Lost Wolverhampton
Author: Alec Brew
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398105317
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Fully illustrated description of Wolverhampton’s well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398105317
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Fully illustrated description of Wolverhampton’s well known, and lesser known, places that have been lost over the years.
UK Airfields Past and Present
Author: Grant Peerless
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
A great many books have been written over the years about individual airfields or those in particular counties/areas but this one covers a good proportion of them in one publication, from Abbots Bromley to Zeals. It provides brief details of over 1700 airfields from before the First World War to the present day and describes the main activities carried out, based units/operators and current status. It includes military bases, civil airports/airfields, gliding sites, microlight sites and larger farm strips, together with the probable number of based aircraft. An appendix lists over 500 books which have been published about individual airfields and this, together with the details provided in this book affords a convenient source of reference for further research. It does not pretend to include every flying site that ever existed as this would require a much larger volume but covers what are considered to be the most significant airfields of the past 110 years. It includes over one hundred photographs in colour and black & white, most of which have not been published previously.
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
A great many books have been written over the years about individual airfields or those in particular counties/areas but this one covers a good proportion of them in one publication, from Abbots Bromley to Zeals. It provides brief details of over 1700 airfields from before the First World War to the present day and describes the main activities carried out, based units/operators and current status. It includes military bases, civil airports/airfields, gliding sites, microlight sites and larger farm strips, together with the probable number of based aircraft. An appendix lists over 500 books which have been published about individual airfields and this, together with the details provided in this book affords a convenient source of reference for further research. It does not pretend to include every flying site that ever existed as this would require a much larger volume but covers what are considered to be the most significant airfields of the past 110 years. It includes over one hundred photographs in colour and black & white, most of which have not been published previously.
Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Aerospace International
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Aviation News
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Flight
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
A - Airports
Author: British Library
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3111725944
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3111725944
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description