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Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation ActivitiesScottish Aviation History
Scottish Aviation History

Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities

Beardmore Aviation (1913-1930): HMS Argus carrier ops, airship programme, Beardm...

378 pages · 2023
£12.91In stock
This Was the Enemy: Aeroplanes Guns Bombs Downfall Volume TwoWWII AviationNew 2025
WWII Aviation

This Was the Enemy: Aeroplanes Guns Bombs Downfall Volume Two

Luftwaffe procurement 1934-1945: aircraft industry, underground factories, front...

296 pages · 2025
£12.89In stock
Clydeside Aviation Volume One: The Great WarScottish Aviation History
Scottish Aviation History

Clydeside Aviation Volume One: The Great War

Clydeside aviation WWI: Beardmore, Weir, Denny production. Sopwith Camel, BE2c, ...

268 pages · 2022
£12.89In stock
German Aircraft in the Great War 1914-1918WWI Aviation
WWI Aviation

German Aircraft in the Great War 1914-1918

German Air Force 1914-1918: Fokker D.VII, Richthofen autopsy, Marine-Fliegerabte...

245 pages · 2023
£12.89In stock
Coming 11 August 2026

This Was the Enemy: Volume Three

A supplement to the This Was the Enemy series on German aviation and the Luftwaffe in the Second World War. 218 pages, 227 illustrations.

£14.95ISBN: 9781066634507
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★★★★★5.0/5 from 60 verified reviews
★★★★★Maritime Quest

This 238 page book is deceptive in size, but is full of so much information it is difficult to describe. Filled with images, specifications, information and the history of early British naval aviation including a detailed history of HMS Argus. This book is highly recommended to anyone interested in naval aviation.

Maritime Quest, Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities
★★★★★eBay Purchase

The detail is amazing, you feel as though your back there, you can see how they produced for the Empire and the world — a brilliant read.

Verified Buyer, Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities
★★★★★Air Britain

If you have even the remotest interest in British helicopters from the start of the 20th Century, this well-researched book should be of interest to you. It is packed full of interesting facts, data and photos. How many people know of the involvement in helicopter development by the Glasgow-based Morris Furniture Company? Precious few I would contend.

Air Britain Member, The Sycamore Seeds: The Early History of the Helicopter
★★★★★RRHT Review

This is a book to be recommended for all sorts of reasons — Lady Houston's biographical notes, the historical notes, the technical data contained therein and the narrative that brings it all together. It is also well Illustrated with charts and photographs that support the text.

RRHT Reviewer, Mother of the Few-Lucy Lady Houston, Schneider Trophy Mount Everest Flight
★★★★★Archive

We have a little information about Percy Pilcher, but nothing as comprehensive and well researched as this, so it is a wonderful addition to stock. His story is both fascinating and tragic — one can't help wondering how the development of flight would have progressed had he survived.

Local History Archive, Soaring with Wings: Percy Pilcher wants to Fly- Biography
★★★★★Maritime Quest

A very well researched book which includes details of her entire career. Filled with photographs, including aircraft used, and drawings. Appendix includes commanding officers of the ship and the Fleet Air Arm as well as details of the various operations involving HMS Argus.

Maritime Quest, Aircraft Carrier - Beardmore's HMS Argus - ex Conte Rosso

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