Bristol Aircraft Since 1910
Author | : Christopher Henry Barnes |
Publisher | : Brassey's |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Bristol airplanes |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christopher Henry Barnes |
Publisher | : Brassey's |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Bristol airplanes |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Geoff Green |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 1990-01-01 |
Genre | : Aircraft industry |
ISBN | : 9780951051962 |
Author | : Dave Robinson |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2015-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 132649239X |
Number 4 in the Aviation Ancestry catalogue of British Aviation Advertisements (1909-1980) this volume covers the listings for The Bristol Type 142 & Blenheim Aircraft. Aimed primarily at researchers and enthusiasts the adverts are reproduced at one per page without narrative. Each item includes the source title and original date of publication.
Author | : Charles Ferdinand Andrews |
Publisher | : Putnam Aeronautical Books |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Travel |
ISBN | : 9780851778150 |
Author | : Gordon Swanborough |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 632 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
'United States Navy Aircraft since 1911' has been completely revised and updated and, like the earlier editions, will become the standard reference work covering all the aircraft of the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Author | : Ian White |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2007-05-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1526743469 |
This detailed history of Air Intercept radar traces the development of this vital military technology with the Royal Air Force during WWII. In the years after World War I, the United Kingdom was desperate to develop some form of protection from an enemy air strike. As early as 1923, the British Army had devised “sound mirrors” that could detect aircraft up to twelve miles away. This technical history traces the development of military radar technology from this early, experimental phase to the creation of the first air-to-air radar systems and their uses in battle. Historian Ian White sets this fascinating narrative within the larger political, military, economic and technological context of the era. Through World War II, Air Intercept radar was a vital asset in protecting RAF bomber forces as well as the country itself. But developing the technology required the tireless work of physicists and engineers in the Air Ministry Research Establishment, particularly members of the Establishment’s Airborne Group working under Dr. Edward Bowen. Their Airborne Interception radars, such as the AI Mk. IV, were used in Blenheim night-fighters during the winter Blitz and by Mosquito during the Baedeker Raids. This in-depth history covers the introduction of centimetric technology at the Telecommunications Research Establishment, the creation of centimetric AI, and their installation in the Beaufighter and later marks of the Mosquito. It describes the creation of the Radiation Laboratory at MIT and concludes with a section on further developments during the Cold War.
Author | : David Pascoe |
Publisher | : Reaktion Books |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2004-09-03 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1861894686 |
In his celebrated manifesto, "Aircraft" (1935), the architect Le Corbusier presented more than 100 photographs celebrating airplanes either in imperious flight or elegantly at rest. Dwelling on the artfully abstracted shapes of noses, wings, and tails, he declared : "Ponder a moment on the truth of these objects! Clearness of function!" In Aircraft, David Pascoe follows this lead and offers a startling new account of the form of the airplane, an object that, in the course of a hundred years, has developed from a flimsy contraption of wood, wire and canvas into a machine compounded of exotic materials whose wings can touch the edges of space. Tracing the airplane through the twentieth century, he considers the subject from a number of perspectives: as an inspiration for artists, architects and politicians; as a miracle of engineering; as a product of industrialized culture; as a device of military ambition; and, finally, in its clearness of function, as an instance of sublime technology. Profusely illustrated and authoritatively written, Aircraft offers not just a fresh account of aeronautical design, documenting, in particular, the forms of earlier flying machines and the dependence of later projects upon them, but also provides a cultural history of an object whose very shape contains the dreams and nightmares of the modern age.
Author | : Justin D. Murphy |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2005-04-27 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1851094938 |
An expert examination of the evolution of military aviation and its profound impact on warfare—from the employment of balloons during the French Revolutionary wars to the use of aircraft in World War I. Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact is a detailed, authoritative exploration of the role and development of military aviation, from its beginnings to the conclusion of World War I. Military history scholar Justin Murphy carefully illustrates the impact of aircraft on military warfare, examines the different types of aircraft, and includes a wealth of photographs and descriptions. Organized thematically, the work covers everything from the origins of military aviation and the impact of aircraft on World War I to the role of reconnaissance missions, auxiliary aircraft, fighters, and bombers. Each chapter highlights key individuals, advancements in aviation technology, industrial organization and aircraft production, and the influence of aircraft on military tactics and strategy. Murphy also demonstrates how aircraft contributed to the development of total war and blurred the lines that had traditionally separated combatants and noncombatants.
Author | : Colin Sinnott |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780714651583 |
This work describes the vitl role of the Air Ministry in the development of the RAF's fighters and bombers before WWII.
Author | : C. G. Grey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |