Author: Francis K. Mason
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Highly acclaimed for its comprehensive coverage of the aviation industries and their products, from the turn of the century to the present, this popular series includes an abundance of photos and highly accurate line drawings. Each volume provides fascinating evaluations of aircraft design and construction and complete histories of aircraft manufacturers.
Author: David Hobbs
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing
ISBN: 1399089536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1007
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This is a comprehensive study of every aircraft type ordered for the Royal Navy since 1908. It includes fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, rigid and non-rigid airships, unmanned aircraft and pilotless target aircraft together with many designs that were ordered but not built so that the importance placed on them by the Naval Staff or their potential technological impact on carrier design and operations can be explained. Every type – even unsuccessful single prototypes – is described; the majority are illustrated by photographs, many of which come from the author’s own collection, and the fifty most significant aircraft have detailed drawings. The Australian and Canadian Fleet Air Arms operated RN aircraft types for many years after their formation and these are included together with other types they have operated subsequently to give a more complete overview. The book describes over 400 different types of aircraft built by over 100 different manufacturers to offer the most detailed coverage of RN aircraft ever produced. Research for the book took over forty years and reference material included Admiralty Archives and an array of material in the public domain including manufacturers’ data, individual aircraft pilot’s notes and a wealth of published sources. David Hobbs is uniquely well placed to write this book having served in the RN for thirty-three years and retired with the rank of Commander. He flew both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft and his log book contains 2300 flying hours with 807 day and night deck landings. He served in seven British aircraft carriers and spent four years within RN Director General (Aircraft) Department where he was closely involved with Sea Harrier carrier trials and introduced new visual landing aids for night recoveries and liaised with the USN on carrier operating techniques. This is his eleventh book for Seaforth Publishing.
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Author: Steph Gillett
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445663333
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Steph Gillett explores the fascinating history of aviation in the Bristol and Gloucestershire area.
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 848
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Author: New York Public Library
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Author: Alec Brew
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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This book records the aeronautical activities of this Norfolk-based company, with a brief history of its origins by William Moore in 1797, and its work during the First World War. It pioneered metal construction after the war and produced parts for the R-101 airship. As Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd at Wolverhampton, the Defiant was conceived, and its gun turrets would defend RAF bombers during WWII.
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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