Supermarine, one of the great names in British aviation, was associated from its earliest days with flying boats and amphibians - the Channel Type and Sea Eagle saw early airline service, and the Sea Lions initiated Supermarine's association with the international Schneider Trophy contests. The Spitfire, arguably one of the world's best-known aeroplanes, owed its existence to Supermarine's Schneider seaplane experience and the highly successful collaboration with Rolls Royce. After the war Supermarine played a major part in the development of jet aircraft for both the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy. This title traces the company's entire development; beginning with the aircraft company founded at Woolston by Noel Pemberton-Billing and concludes with the Type 316-318 B.12/36 Bomber. It is illustrated with some 300 photographs and with nearly 80 general arrangement drawings, which include some, hitherto unpublished projects. Appendices cover the dispersal of Spitfire aircraft production, a list of production types and a list of serial numbers by type.

Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914

History

Andrews, A. F.

Morgan, E. B.

Military

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The de Havilland Aircraft Company was founded in 1920, but had its origins with the first steps in biplane design made by Geoffrey de Havilland, who in 1908 left his job with the Motor Omnibus Construction Company to embark on a career as an aeroplane designer. During the First World War, his D.H. 4 bomber design was supplied in hundreds to both the Royal Flying Corps and the United States Army Air Service. A D.H.4 variant was also the first aeroplane to provide a passenger service, between Paris and London. The tradition built on the reputation of de Havilland's work during the First World War, also provided the foundation for some of the most popular aircraft for civil and military aviation the D.H.60 G Gipsy Moth, the D.H.71 Tiger Moth, the D.H.98 Mosquito light bomber, and the D.H.106 Comet are all storied names in the history of British aviation. The story that unfolds in these pages also includes the tragic death of Geoffrey de Havilland's son, Geoffrey Jr., a test pilot killed flying the De Havilland D.H.108. The late A J Jackson had a particular affection for de Havilland aircraft and was particularly fond of flying Tiger Moths. He is also the author of Avro Aircraft since 1908 and Blackburn Aircraft since 1909 (both Putnam).

De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 (Putnam Aviation Series)

JACKSON, A.J.

Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913

FRANCILLON, René J.

Traces the history of the aircraft company and discusses the development of each model aircraft.

Gloster Aircraft Since 1917

JAMES, Derek N.

Saunders and Saro Aircraft Since 1917 (Putnam's British Aircraft)

Engineering & Transportation

Peter London

Engineering

Vickers Aircraft Since 1908

Travel

Andrews, C. F.

Reference

British Civil Aircraft, 1919-72 (Putnam's British Aircraft) (Vol 3)

Business & Money

A.J. Jackson

Industries

Illustrated descriptive catalogue of all aircraft designed and manufactured by the British company between 1915 and 1961, with design and operations specifications and production and service data.

Fairey Aircraft Since 1915

Haylor, H. A.

Hawker Aircraft Since 1920 (Putnam's British aircraft)

MASON, Francis K.

In the first decade of the twentieth century, the rigid airship looked more likely to be the future of air travel and transportation than the small, rather fragile airplane. Using a lifting gas enclosed within a metal or wooden framework, rigid airships could fly longer distances and carry more passengers or cargo. Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893-1940 examines the rise and decline of the airship by means of individual development histories of all the fifty types of airships built across four countries during a forty year period. Beginning with Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's first rigid airship, the book examines the role played by the rigid airship in both civil and military aviation. The world's first airline, DELAG, operated passenger services using Zeppelins before the outbreak of the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918, the Germans used rigid airships for bombing raids and for patrolling the seas. After the war, the rigid airship was a candidate for providing passenger services, especially over long distances, since they were able to provide far more comfortable settings for those flying in them than the airplane. 
Indeed the German airships Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg provided the world's first transoceanic air services, between Germany and both North and South America. Extensive appendices provide a mass of information on the airships themselves, their sheds and transatlantic Zeppelin schedules. 
Peter W. Brooks has written Historic Airships and Cierva Autogiros: The Development of Rotary-Winged Flight

Zeppelin: Rigid Airships 1893-1940

Brooks, Peter W.

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