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Author : John M. Bruce
Publisher : Arms & Armour
ISBN 13 : 9781854090690
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (96 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Aircraft of World War One written by John M. Bruce and published by Arms & Armour. This book was released on 1991 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Colin Owers
Publisher : Flying Machines Press
ISBN 13 : 9781891268175
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Aircraft Of World War I: Vol I D.h.1-d.h.4 written by Colin Owers and published by Flying Machines Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted military aviation expert Colin Owers presents the most comprehensive work ever compiled on the great de Havilland aircraft of World War I. Volume I in this two-book set contains groundbreaking information on the D.H.1 and D.H.1A, D.H.3, D.H.4 and the U.S. D.H.4 "Liberty Plane". Among the 160 rare photos, detailed drawings (including 8 pages of 8 x 12-inch fold-outs) and 40 lavish full-color illustrations are first drawings ever of the D.H.3.
Author : Colin Owers
Publisher : Flying Machines Press
ISBN 13 : 9781891268182
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (681 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Aircraft Of World War I: Vol 2 D.h.5-d.h.15 written by Colin Owers and published by Flying Machines Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted military aviation expert Colin Owers presents the most comprehensive work ever compiled on the great de Havilland aircraft of World War I. Volume 2 in this two-book set contains the most complete story of the little-known D.H.6, plus much new information on the rest of the de Havilland aircraft line. More than 140 photos, all-new drawings and 8 x 12-inch fold-outs, and 40 four-color profiles, including the first drawings of the D.H.11.
Author : Justin D. Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1851094938
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918 written by Justin D. Murphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-04-27 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Graham M. Simons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781473861411
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (614 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Enterprises written by Graham M. Simons and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flight, a man as important to Britain in aviation terms as the Wright brothers were to America. From humble beginnings, he went on to develop some of the finest aircraft to see action during the First World War, before going on to create the illustrious company that bore his name. All of this began in his youth when, without experience, plans or instructions, he embarked on the ambitious task of not only building his very first flying machine, but also constructing the engine to power it. This book explores the influences and milestones of his early years before going on to examine his company, The De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited, in detail. Amongst the momentous machines that he had a hand in creating were the Gipsy Moth and Tiger Moth--two iconic aircraft types destined to set a variety of aviation records whilst being piloted by de Havilland himself. Another highlight of the company's history saw the esteemed aviatrix Amy Johnson fly solo from England to Australia in a Gipsy Moth in 1930. The high-performance designs and monocoque wooden construction methods passed through the supremely elegant DH. 91 Albatross into the Mosquito. The company then followed up these successes with the high-performing Hornet fighter, which pioneered the use of metal-wood and metal-metal bonding techniques, eventually resulting in the world's first jet airliner, the fabulous Comet. Every one of De Havilland's products are listed and recorded in detail here, as are all the designs that never left the drawing board and the products of De Havilland's companies in Australia and Canada.
Author : Bruce Gamble
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0306903105
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Kangaroo Squadron written by Bruce Gamble and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic untold story of the first US Army unit to cross the Pacific and strike back at the Japanese after Pearl Harbor In early 1942, while most of the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with poor supplies and no ground support, the pilots and crew faced tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful, conducting long-range bombing raids, armed reconnaissance missions, and rescuing General MacArthur and his staff from the Philippines. Before now, the story of their courage and determination in the face of overwhelming odds has largely been untold. Using eyewitness accounts based on personal diaries, letters, new interviews, and memoirs as well as Japanese sources, historian Bruce Gamble brings to vivid life this dramatic true story. But the Kangaroo Squadron's story doesn't end in World War II. One of the B-17s, crash landed on its first mission, has recently been recovered from jungle swamps. The intertwined stories of the Kangaroo Squadron and the "Swamp Ghost" are filled with thrilling accounts of aerial combat, an epic jungle survival story, and the powerful mystique of an abandoned bomber that compelled men to possess it at any cost.
Author : David Ogilvy
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445663139
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The de Havilland Mosquito written by David Ogilvy and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inside pilot's story of one of the most remarkable aircraft of the Second World War
Author : Anne Cipriano Venzon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135684464
Total Pages : 851 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)
Download or read book The United States in the First World War written by Anne Cipriano Venzon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 851 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Includes six maps.
Author : Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf
Publisher : R.E.I. Editions
ISBN 13 : 2372973614
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (729 download)
Download or read book de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito written by Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf and published by R.E.I. Editions. This book was released on 2019-02-16 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British military aircraft of great versatility during the Second World War. He was affectionately nicknamed "Mossie" by his crews and also had like other nicknames: "The Wooden Wonder" or "The Timber Terror", since the cell was made of laminated wood. It was used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and by many other air forces in the world war, both in the European theater and in those of the Pacific and the Mediterranean, as well as in the post-war period. Initially conceived as a fast unarmed bomber, the Mosquito was adapted to many other roles during the war, including: low and medium altitude daytime bomber, high altitude night bomber, target marker (Pathfinder), day or night fighter, fighter-bomber , attack plane and photographic reconnaissance. It was also used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) as a transport aircraft. It was the basis for a heavy hunt named de Havilland Hornet. During 1941, an authoritative exponent of the Anglo-Saxon scientific world had publicly declared that the use of wood in aeronautical constructions of a certain level was now to be considered outdated. This statement would have been less categorical if the scientist had been on November 25, 1940 in the English camp of Hatfield and had been able to admire a beautiful all-yellow twin engine, which sowed the Spitfires and put a "tonneau" after another with one of the two propellers in the flag. That aircraft, in fact, was built entirely of wood and its level was such that it soon became one of the most deadly weapons of the RAF.
Author : Jonathan Falconer
Publisher : Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN 13 : 9780857333605
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (336 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Mosquito written by Jonathan Falconer and published by Haynes Publishing UK. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicknamed the ‘wooden wonder’ , the de Havilland Mosquito was one of the most versatile and successful combat aircraft of the Second World War. Offering insights into the design, construction and operational career of the iconic Mossie, this manual gets under the aircraft’s birch and balsa skin to examine its anatomy and describe the painstaking restoration to flight by Avspecs (New Zealand) of Jerry Yagen’s FB26 KA114 and of Victoria Air Maintenance’s B35 VR796 in British Columbia, Canada.
Author : P. D. Stemp
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447776798
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (477 download)
Download or read book Kites, Birds & Stuff - de Havilland Aircraft written by P. D. Stemp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: De Havilland Aircraft - One of the early pioneering companies of Great Britain, during the early part of the 20th. Century. At the very forefront of British Aviation. A comprehensive study of this manufacturer. Containing around three hundred and forty five individual aircraft details. Also containing around two hundred and ninety two pictures and one hundred and twenty seven plan diagrams.
Author : Andrew Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472801865
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Mosquito Aces of World War 2 written by Andrew Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mosquito developed into one of the most versatile aircraft of World War 2, entering service with Fighter Command in early 1942. The 'Mossie' was soon defending raids on Britain's Cathedral cities and became an integral part of the country's night defences. Its airborne radar gave it the ability to 'see' the enemy at night, and its speed and devastating fire power made it the finest nightfighter deployed by any side during World War 2. This book examines the infamous Mosquito, the nightfighter that was used by many leading RAF, Commonwealth and American aces.
Author : Graham M. Simons
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783831286
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (838 download)
Download or read book Mosquito written by Graham M. Simons and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-19 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the high-speed wooden aircraft—from bomber to fighter, to photographic and weather reconnaissance—from the author of B-17 Memphis Belle. During the history of aviation there have been very few aircraft that have achieved immediate success when entering front-line service. The de Havilland Mosquito was one such aircraft. It was not designed to an RAF requirement, but was the result of an initiative of the designers and builders to utilize the skills of woodworkers and the relative abundance of wood in the crisis years of World War II. The result was an airplane that could be built quickly, was extremely fast and extremely versatile. The pilots loved it. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed. Fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, night fighter there were few tasks that this brilliant design could not adopt. “To most Britain at War readers, the de Havilland Mosquito needs little introduction. Dramatic as such low-level attacks were, there is, as Graham Simons reveals in this latest insight into a remarkable aircraft, far more to the wartime service of the ‘mossy.’”—Britain at War
Author : Malcolm Abbott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429768850
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)
Download or read book The Early Development of the Aviation Industry written by Malcolm Abbott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Early Development of the Aviation Industry: Entrepreneurs of the Sky provides an introduction to the world of the early aviation industry and the business endeavours of the original aviators. Many of the first pioneers who flew heavier-than-air planes went on to develop considerable industrial concerns. In doing so they exhibited a number of entrepreneurial qualities, which provide useful case studies for those interested in studying how successful entrepreneurs create or develop opportunities at the inception and emergence of high-tech industries. This book looks at the careers of pioneer aviators in the United States, Britain and France such as A.V. Roe, Thomas Sopwith, Glenn Curtiss and William Boeing. It examines this group of entrepreneurs during the start-up and early development stages of an emerging industry undergoing considerable technological change, and relates this experience to contemporary studies and experiences of entrepreneurship. The book explores what made these men successful in their entrepreneurial endeavours to help promote a better understanding of what makes an entrepreneur and what business and economic conditions are needed to allow such men to be successful. This book makes a major contribution to our knowledge of the development of the twentieth century economy and is essential reading for students and academics who are interested in the development of aviation and the nature of entrepreneurial behaviour.
Author : Mark C. Wilkins
Publisher : Casemate
ISBN 13 : 1612008828
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)
Download or read book British Fighter Aircraft in World War I written by Mark C. Wilkins and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Go buy this book right now. It is rare that ISD gives an instant five-star rating to any new volume, but Mark C. Wilkins' British Fighter Aircraft in World War I is a rare book." — Indy Squadron Dispatch World War I witnessed unprecedented growth and innovation in aircraft design, construction, and as the war progressed—mass production. Each country generated its own innovations sometimes in surprising ways—Albatros Fokker, Pfalz, and Junkers in Germany and Nieuport, Spad, Sopwith and Bristol in France and Britain. This book focuses on the British approach to fighter design, construction, and mass production. Initially the French led the way in Allied fighter development with their Bleriot trainers then nimble Nieuport Scouts—culminating with the powerful, fast gun platforms as exemplified by the Spads. The Spads had a major drawback however, in that they were difficult and counter-intuitive to fix in the field. The British developed fighters in a very different way; Tommy Sopwith had a distinctive approach to fighter design that relied on lightly loaded wings and simple functional box-girder fuselages. His Camel was revolutionary as it combined all the weight well forward; enabling the Camel to turn very quickly—but also making it an unforgiving fighter for the inexperienced. The Royal Aircraft Factory’s SE5a represented another leap forward with its comfortable cockpit, modern instrumentation, and inline engine—clearly influenced by both Spads and German aircraft. Each manufacturer and design team vied for the upper hand and deftly and quickly appropriated good ideas from other companies—be they friend or foe. Developments in tactics and deployment also influenced design—from the early reconnaissance planes, to turn fighters, finally planes that relied upon formation tactics, speed, and firepower. Advances were so great that the postwar industry seemed bland by comparison.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744056861
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Aircraft written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an action-packed flight through the history of aircraft and discover the intrepid pioneers who made a dream reality Uncover the engineering behind more than 800 aircraft models, from military jets to commercial planes. This visual history book captures the fascinating story of airplanes and aviation, and how their groundbreaking discovery has influenced the 21st Century. Inside the pages of this aircraft book, you’ll discover: • The history of military and commercial aircraft from all over the world, decade by decade, to the present day in stunning visual detail • Comprehensive catalogs highlight the most important aircraft of each period along with their specifications and unique features • Showcases on particularly celebrated aircraft – such as the Supermarine Spitfire and Concorde – in beautifully photographed “virtual tour” features • The stories of the engineers and manufacturers that created marques like Boeing and Airbus Take to the skies Modern flight has opened the world up to new opportunities and paved the way for the development of advanced research and technology. But, what made it so groundbreaking? This book uncovers the stories behind the first airplane models, the development of flight, and brings you to present-day marvels such as the Gypsy Moth and Supermarine Spitfire. The Aircraft Book is filled with stats, facts, and photographs that create a visual tour and allows you to see inside key commercial and military aircraft models from the exterior to the cockpit. Aviation enthusiasts will also be captivated by the manufacturer of aircraft engines and how famous models like Boeing and Lockheed became household names. Love history? Discover even more with DK! DK's The Definitive Visual History series is an iconic celebration of design and history. Packed with fascinating facts and statistics, these high-quality visual guides cover everything from history and notable designs to the people and technology that made it possible. Books in this series include The Car Book, The Train Book, The Tank Book, and so much more.
Author : Stuart Howe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780947554767
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (547 download)
Download or read book De Havilland Mosquito written by Stuart Howe and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Revolutionary in its wood construction, the de Havilland Mosquito played a vital role in the war combining the manoeuvrability of a fighter with the payload of a medium bomber. It contributed to the war as a fighter, an unarmed bomber, a reconnaissance aircraft and its different versions included the Sea Mosquito, the first British twin-engined aircraft to land on an aircraft carrier. In this volume, Stuart Howe ... traces the fascinating development of the Mosquito from its first flight in November 1940 through to its production and many variants. He also outlines the Mosquito's varied uses in post-war days in roles ranging from oil prospecting and air racing to aerial survey"--Back cover
