Scottish Aviation History Books by Charles E. MacKay
3 titles · published 2012 to 2020
Scottish aviation manufacturing from Clydeside in the Great War to the inter-war years, including Beardmore, Weir and the Renfrew scene.
Start here: Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities
Recommended first in the reader’s guide.
Beardmore Aviation by Charles E. MacKay is a 238-page history of the Dalmuir aircraft, Inchinnan airships, HMS Argus and R101 Tornado engines.
238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93Clydeside Aviation Volume One: The Great War by Charles E. MacKay covers Beardmore, Weir and Denny aircraft production and the Sopwith Camel.
372 pages · 8 October 2018 · Volume 1 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89Clydeside Aviation Volume Two by Charles E. MacKay covers 602 Squadron Spitfires, Weir and Cierva autogiros and the first British helicopter.
344 pages · 21 February 2020 · Volume 2 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89
About this collection
These three volumes document aircraft, airship, and aero-engine manufacturing along the River Clyde and across the West of Scotland from the pioneer era to 1939. Beardmore Aviation: The Story of a Scottish Industrial Giant's Aviation Activities (ISBN 9780957344303) draws on company archives in Scotland and London to record William Beardmore & Co. Ltd at Dalmuir, Parkhead, and Inchinnan between 1913 and 1930, including licence-built Sopwith Pup and Camel aircraft, the WB design series, the R34 Atlantic airship, the Beardmore Tornado diesel aero-engine, the all-metal Beardmore Inflexible, and the Reserve Flying School at Renfrew. Clydeside Aviation Volume One: The Great War (ISBN 9780957344389) extends the record across G. & J. Weir, William Denny at Dumbarton, Barclay Curle, Fairfield at Govan, and the Red Clydeside industrial disputes. Clydeside Aviation Volume Two: Between the Wars (ISBN 9780957344372) covers No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, Weir autogiros, Northern and Scottish Airways, and the airlines at Renfrew and Abbotsinch.
Series in this collection
- Clydeside Aviation (3 titles, in reading order)
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