German Aircraft Industry and Production: 1933-1945

Engineering & Transportation

Dancey, Peter G.

Vajda, Ferenc A.

Transportation

Society of Automotive Engineers

South East Asia Command

History

Galago Publishing Ltd

The Planes That Made Boeing

Reference

This book details the formation and problems encountered by wartime RAF Coastal Command, the personalities involved and in particular the opposition that A.M.Joubert faced in establishing a credible war machine against the odds, including the Air Staff! He knew that the establishment of a Coastal Command and the introduction of ASV radar and other technical advances was the only way to contain the U-Boat menace. The book: Explains the important part played by Bletchley Park in de-crypting the German W/T codes and U-Boat operational instruction messages. Details the development of ASV and Leigh Light for night operations. Documents the deployment of new heavy calibre weapons and depth-charges, and the American Mk 24 Acoustic Homing Torpedo and Sonobouys.

Coastal Command V. the U-boat: A Complete World War II Coastal Command Review

Chris Lloyd

British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 traces one hundred years of the British aviation industry, its history, origins, mergers and takeovers. It details the evolution of the British aviation industry and is an epitaph to household famous names such as Armstrong- Whitworth, de Havilland, Chadwick, Claude- Graham White, Sopwith, A. V. Roe, Mitchell, Hawker, Handley Page, Petter and Fairey to name but a few. Of more recent times, the likes of Sidney Camm, Hooker and Hooper, all of whom, made VTOL more than just a dream, are also covered in astonishing and exhausting detail. Of the major firms, most at some time or other have been absorbed, merged or reorganized to form a single conglomerate, BAe Systems and Rolls-Royce are chronicled from the outset to the mighty companies they are today. Only PBN-Britten Norman - who on several occasions escaped extinction due to financial difficulties - and Westland, now part of Agusta Westland, and Short Bros of Northern Ireland remain independent, although even the latter, are part of Canadian, Bombardier Co. British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 tells the complete and enthralling story of how Britain ruled the world in terms of manufacturing and aircraft design from nimble but fragile biplanes and majestic airliners that united the world to the advanced bombers and fighters of today.

British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1909

Business & Money

Industries

Fonthill Media

<p>Home to the famous biennial Farnborough Air Show, the town of Farnborough in the South of England has had a pivotal role in the history of British aviation since flying commenced from the site in 1905. The Royal Aeronautical Establishment was set up there and rapidly expanded as the scene of many significant developments in British aviation for many decades. Over the years, a range of buildings were constructed for various purposes and to house specific functions such as wind tunnels. Many of these building are now listed and protected as part of a museum on the site. Farnborough is best known for its experiments and development of aircraft types. After the Second World War, it played host to a considerable variety of aircraft including a number of Axis types captured during the war. Beautifully illustrated and written by a leading aviation expert, SBAC Farnborough: A History is the definitive book on the subject of Farnborough from 1932 onwards.</p>

SBAC Farnborough: A History

Military

Much of the fascination which Soviet aircraft and its associated aerospace industry holds for the analyst, enthusiast or ordinary member of the public, stems from the thick fog of secrecy that enveloped the industry throughout the 'Cold War' until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990/91. Until then details which in case of Western designs could be found from the nearest reference book was in the case of Russian aircraft often a matter of conjecture and an inaccurate article written by a western journalist. This author has been fortunate to have obtained much original and previously unpublished information from the former Soviet Union for this unique volume on the history of the Soviet Aircraft Industry Since 1909. It gives the reader a clear understanding of the unique characteristics of Soviet-designed aircraft, in particular military types that at times caused great concern in the West with regards to the technical advances inherent in their design. The book is as much a history of the USSR as it is its, aerospace industry, culminating as it does with President Putin's Russian Federation.

Soviet Aircraft Industry

Asia

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