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Book Synopsis Gloster Aircraft Company by : Derek James
Download or read book Gloster Aircraft Company written by Derek James and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gloster Aircraft Company had its foundation in 1917 and in 1934 the company was taken over by Hawker Aircraft, though it continued to produce aircraft under its own name. In that same year the company produced the famous Gladiator biplane. Having no modern designs of its own in production, Gloster undertook manufacture for the parent company Hawker. During the Second World War it built more than 6,000 Hurricanes and Typhoons. The Gloster Meteor was the first operational Allied jet fighter aircraft of the Second World War, commencing operations in mid-1944, only some weeks later than the world's first operational jet, the German Messerschmitt Me 262. In 1945 a Meteor gained a World Airspeed Record of 606 mph. Meteors remained in service with several air forces and saw action in the Korean War. In 1952, the two seat, delta winged Gloster Javelin was developed as an all-weather fighter that could fly above 50,000 feet. In 1961, the company was merged with Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited to form Whitworth Gloster Aircraft Limited. Following re-organisation, the firm became part of the Avro Whitworth Division of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in 1963, and the name Gloster disappeared.
Book Synopsis Gloster Aircraft Company by : Derek N. James
Download or read book Gloster Aircraft Company written by Derek N. James and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gloster Aircraft Company had its foundation in 1917 and in 1934 the company was taken over by Hawker Aircraft, though it continued to produce aircraft under its own name. In that same year the company produced the famous Gladiator biplane. Having no modern designs of its own in production, Gloster undertook manufacture for the parent company Hawker. During the Second World War it built more than 6,000 Hurricanes and Typhoons. The Gloster Meteor was the first operational Allied jet fighter aircraft of the Second World War, commencing operations in mid-1944, only some weeks later than the world's first operational jet, the German Messerschmitt Me 262. In 1945 a Meteor gained a World Airspeed Record of 606 mph. Meteors remained in service with several air forces and saw action in the Korean War.
Book Synopsis Gloster Aircraft Since 1917 by : Derek N. James
Download or read book Gloster Aircraft Since 1917 written by Derek N. James and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1987 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition reveals many new details about the construction, development and operational history of Gloster aircraft. Appendices provide information on more than 100 Gloster projects.
Book Synopsis Gloster Aircraftt Company by : Derek James
Download or read book Gloster Aircraftt Company written by Derek James and published by . This book was released on 2011-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1917 and 1963, the Gloster Aircraft Company, with its forebears H.H. Martyn & Co. and Gloucestershire Aircraft Co., produced some 10,000 aeroplanes at Brockworth and Hucclecote. It also provided employment for countless thousands of local people. During the Second World War alone, GAC employed 14,000 men and women at its main factory and at another forty sites dispersed in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud and other more distant parts of Gloucestershire. Gloster designed a number of outstanding fighter aircraft some of which were built in large numbers. These included the Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Hurricanes under licence and the Meteor, Britain's first jet fighter. By chance, the company had been chosen to design and build the Meteor and followed by building 4,000 jet fighters for the Royal Air Force and a dozen air forces around the world. Gloster finally became the first victim of a rationalisation which has since decimated British aircraft manufacturing companies.
Download or read book Gloster Accomplishment written by and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gloster Meteor IV by : Gloster Aircraft Company, Ltd
Download or read book The Gloster Meteor IV written by Gloster Aircraft Company, Ltd and published by . This book was released on 1947* with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Gloster Aircraft Company by : Roy Evans
Download or read book The Gloster Aircraft Company written by Roy Evans and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jet Prototypes of World War II by : Tony Buttler
Download or read book Jet Prototypes of World War II written by Tony Buttler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world's first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany's Me 262 and Britain's Meteor - the world's first jet fighters. Throughout the war, Germany, Italy and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programmes as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialled in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft. Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age.
Download or read book Jet Pioneers written by Tim Kershaw and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1941 Britain's first jet left the ground at a grass airfield 4 miles from Gloucester Cathedral. It was the start of a revolution in air travel, military and civilian. During the 1940s Britain's first-ever jet aircraft, the world's first jet fighter in squadron service and the first jet to hold the world air-speed record were all designed, built and flown in the Gloucester and Cheltenham area. The story of Frank Whittle's invention and dogged development of the jet engine is well known. But the account of how his invention was put into the air has never been fully told. This book tells the story of how the men and women of north Gloucestershire made Whittle's engine fly.
Book Synopsis Meteor Jet Propelled Aircraft by : Gloster Aircraft Co
Download or read book Meteor Jet Propelled Aircraft written by Gloster Aircraft Co and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis #Kites, Birds & Stuff - GLOSTER Aircraft by : P.D. Stemp
Download or read book #Kites, Birds & Stuff - GLOSTER Aircraft written by P.D. Stemp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-01-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gloster 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.
Book Synopsis Jet Prototypes of World War II by : Tony Buttler
Download or read book Jet Prototypes of World War II written by Tony Buttler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While World War II raged, pioneering aircraft and engine designers were busy developing the world's first practical jet-powered research aircraft to test and prove the new technology. This book examines the aircraft that paved the way for Germany's Me 262 and Britain's Meteor - the world's first jet fighters. Throughout the war, Germany, Italy and Britain engaged in top-secret jet programmes as they raced to develop the airpower of the future. Various experimental aircraft were trialled in order to achieve the goal of producing an effective engine and fighter that could harness the potential of the jet power. These included the German Heinkel He 178 research aircraft and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter prototype, the famed British E.28/39 research aircraft built by Gloster Aircraft as well as the stillborn E.5/42 fighter and E.1/44 Ace fighter prototype, and finally the remarkable Italian Caproni-Campini N.1/CC 2 research aircraft. Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating study examines the fore-runners to the military jet age.
Download or read book The Javelin written by and published by . This book was released on 1952* with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis On the Edge of Flight by : Eric William Absolon
Download or read book On the Edge of Flight written by Eric William Absolon and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Eric William Absolon, a relentlessly enthusiastic Aviation champion, whose lifelong love of aircraft has never wavered throughout his long and varied career. From boyhood fascination to the adult realization of his ambitions, this first-hand account takes in some of the key events of the dynamic period of twentieth century history which the author lived and worked through. Working his way up the ranks of the Gloster Aircraft Company, Absolon was able to see all the component processes of Aircraft production. The insight he provides into the inner workings of this busting center of Twentieth Century Aircraft production is unparalleled in modern accounts. Anyone with a fascination for the secret life of Aircraft is in for a treat here as the author relays his working experiences at the creative hub of the industry. His experiences including involvement with the post-war Drop testing of Meteor aircraft, working closely with these infamous vehicles of war in his role as Chief of Engineering Research, as well as an involvement with the more commercial side of Aviation production, a division within Gloster for which he served as Manager. This narrative charts his career with Gloster as well as a series of other companies who invited Absolon to offer his services. It also relays the story of the implementation and development of his own Aviation production business, Aljac Engineering Ltd. His expertise was highly prized then, and is now applied in the translation of experience into engaging prose, set to appeal to all genre enthusiasts.
Book Synopsis Meteorific by : Gloster Aircraft Company Limited
Download or read book Meteorific written by Gloster Aircraft Company Limited and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gloster Gladiator Aces by : Andrew Thomas
Download or read book Gloster Gladiator Aces written by Andrew Thomas and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2002-02-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has a single volume been devoted exclusively to the intrepid and disparate band of pilots who could claim to be Gladiator aces. Flying the ultimate British biplane fighter, pilots in China, Finland, East Africa, North Africa, Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Norway and the Middle East all scored the prerequisite five kills to become aces. The first individuals to do so were fighting marauding Japanese fighters and bombers attacking targets in China in 1938. The likes of Sheen, Tuck and Carey will also be featured in this volume, as they were among the many early war acers who cut their teeth in Fighter Command on the Gladiator.
Book Synopsis Jet, the Story of a Pioneer by : Frank Whittle
Download or read book Jet, the Story of a Pioneer written by Frank Whittle and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inventor of the turbo-jet engine records his pioneer work and his eventual successes.
