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Empire of the Clouds

- The Golden Era of Britain's Aircraft
Af: James Hamilton-Paterson Engelsk Paperback

Empire of the Clouds

- The Golden Era of Britain's Aircraft
Af: James Hamilton-Paterson Engelsk Paperback
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In 1945 Britain was the world''s leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex.

How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age?

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In 1945 Britain was the world''s leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex.

How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? What became of the great industry of de Havilland or Handley Page? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age?

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 432
ISBN-13: 9780571341481
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0571341489
Kategori: Produktionsindustri
Udg. Dato: 5 apr 2018
Længde: 27mm
Bredde: 199mm
Højde: 183mm
Forlag: Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato: 5 apr 2018
Forfatter(e): James Hamilton-Paterson
Forfatter(e) James Hamilton-Paterson

Kategori Produktionsindustri

ISBN-13 9780571341481

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 432

Udgave

Længde 27mm

Bredde 199mm

Højde 183mm

Udg. Dato 5 apr 2018

Oplagsdato 5 apr 2018

Forlag Faber & Faber