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Fighter Master Folland and the Gladiators
Engelsk Paperback
Fighter Master Folland and the Gladiators
Engelsk Paperback

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Although Henry P. Folland never received the public acclaim accorded to the Spitfire and Hurricane''s designers, more than 7,000 examples were built of the seventeen fighters he designed. His first biplane fighter, the Royal Aircraft Factory''s S.E.5/5a, fought in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps; his last, the 1934 Gloster Gladiator, equipped ten Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm squadrons during the Second World War. Between the wars Henry Folland was responsible for the designs of fourteen other fighters, with Gladiators being exported to thirteen countries. Here Derek N. James, renowned aviation historian and author of nineteen books, relates the fascinating story of Henry Folland''s days as a Lanchester Motor Co. apprentice and his move to Daimler Motor Co., which was to change his life, before his prolific sixteen years with Gloucestershire (Gloster) Aircraft Co. A major section of the book is devoted to the Gauntlet and Gladiator with special contributions by the test pilots who flew them. Detailed histories of all Folland''s fighter designs are included, alongside an in-depth study of the man himself, and many of the 180 illustrations are previously unpublished.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780752443973
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0752443976
Udg. Dato:
5 sep 2007
Længde:
10mm
Bredde:
156mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
5 sep 2007
Forfatter(e):
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