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4 books mention ‘Aircraft Carrier’.
HMS Argus was the world's true aircraft carrier with a flat deck, this concept being planned by the Marquis of Montrose a Beardmore director.
Naval Aviation · 175 pages · 15 February 2017£12.93A study of aircraft production before and in World War One, including Admiralty procurement of airships.
Scottish Aviation History · 238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93Explains his involvement with the invention of the Steam Catapult for aircraft carriers and its success in the US Navy.
Aviation Biography · 56 pages · 31 January 2018£7.54Included is the development of Canadair aircraft, the Canadair North Star/Argonaut, Silver Star CT-33, the Avro CF-100 and the Argonaut's involvement with the…
Jet Age Aviation · 302 pages · 11 April 2022 · Volume 3 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.94
Historical articles (7)
- HMS Argus: Beardmore's Flat-Deck Aircraft Carrier and the Making of Naval Aviation
A guide to HMS Argus: her Dalmuir conversion from Conte Rosso, early deck flying, wartime service, and the 175-page illustrated Charles E. MacKay study.
- Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown: Test Pilot, Carrier Landings and the Records That Still Stand
Captain Eric Winkle Brown flew 487 aircraft types and logged 2,407 carrier landings. Inside his records, the first jet deck landing and the steam catapult.
- Beardmore at Dalmuir: Airships, HMS Argus and Aero-Engines
How William Beardmore and Co built HMS Argus, the R34 airship, the Tornado engine behind R101 and more aircraft in Scotland from 1913 to 1930.
- Scottish Aviation History Books: A Reader's Guide to Clydeside, Beardmore and HMS Argus
A reader's guide to Scottish aviation history books on Clydeside, Beardmore, HMS Argus, airships and early aircraft production.
- North American F-86 Sabre: The RAF's Cold War Swept-Wing Fighter
How the Canadair-built F-86 Sabre armed RAF squadrons in 1950s NATO Germany. Korea, MiG Alley and the Bechers Brook ferry flights explained.
- Renfrew, 602 Squadron and Scotland's Early Helicopters, 1919-1939
A guide to Clydeside aviation between the wars: Renfrew airlines, 602 Squadron, Weir helicopter work, Abbotsinch and 1939 production.
- Dieter Dengler Biography: Skyraider 04 Down and the Laos Escape, 1966
Dieter Dengler biography: 1966 shoot-down and escape from Laos, Attack Squadron VA-145 on USS Ranger (CV-61), Douglas A-1 Skyraider and CIA reports.