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9 books mention ‘Design’.
The Cloud Table, designed by Neil B.
Industrial History · 200 pages · 15 August 2013£12.89…Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes - An Aircraft Pioneer And His Designs This is the history of Adolf Rohrbach and his pioneering all-metal aeroplanes.
Industrial History · 136 pages · 21 June 2021£12.89Beardmore designs are included including many of the projected aircraft.
Scottish Aviation History · 238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93Details are included for the Ferdinand Porsche designed Beardmore Austro Daimler There are maps and diagrams provided which have never before been published.
Scottish Aviation History · 372 pages · 8 October 2018 · Volume 1 of 3, Clydeside Aviation£12.89Includes all the aviation firms and their designations.
WWI Aviation · 256 pages · 7 March 2023 · Volume 1 of 2, German Aircraft in the Great War£12.89The Air Horse, designed by Shapiro, has its history detailed to its eventual crash and demise, taking the lives of Alan Marsh and Jeep Cable.
Helicopter History · 219 pages · 15 September 2014£12.89…includes co-operation with the Soviet Union at Lipetsk, designed to circumvent the Versailles Treaty Gives an account of the rebirth of the German Air Force as…
WWII Aviation · 288 pages · 8 May 2025 · Volume 1 of 3, This Was the Enemy£12.89…the Rolls-Royce "R" engine and the Supermarine S.6 series designed by R J Mitchell are fully described as are the other racing seaplanes such as the Curtiss and…
Aviation Biography · 287 pages · 28 January 2021£12.89There is also description of the M52 designed with the V1 rocket engine and the Gillette Falcon.
Military History · 207 pages · 16 January 2016£13.96
Historical articles (14)
- Adolf Rohrbach and the All-Metal Aeroplane: His Designs and the Beardmore Connection
A guide to the all-metal aircraft of Adolf Rohrbach: the Roland, Zeppelin Staaken and the Rohrbach-Beardmore link, from Charles E. MacKay's research.
- Arado Ar 234 Blitz: The World's First Operational Jet Bomber and Reconnaissance Aircraft
The Arado Ar 234 Blitz was the first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Its design, the Normandy sortie of 2 August 1944, and Remagen.
- 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.
- How Glasgow's Shipyards Built Aircraft in the Great War
Glasgow Clydeside shipyards built aircraft, airships and aero engines in the Great War: Beardmore, Weir, Denny, the R34 and Red Clydeside.
- From the Fokker Eindecker to the D.VII: How German Aircraft Developed, 1914-1918
How German Great War aircraft evolved from the Fokker Eindecker to the Albatros fighters and the Fokker D.VII, 1914-1918, by Charles E. MacKay.
- The RFC and RNAS in the Great War: Britain's Fighters, Bombers and Seaplanes, 1914-1918
How Britain built its Great War air arm: RFC and RNAS fighters, bombers, seaplanes and flying boats, 1914-1918, and the procurement system behind them.
- Messerschmitt Me 262: The First Operational Jet Fighter, 1944-1945
The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first operational jet fighter, entering Luftwaffe service in 1944. Development, combat record, and why it came too late.
- The British Nuclear Deterrent in the Jet Age: V-Bombers and the Cold War
How Britain built its Cold War nuclear deterrent: V-bombers, German rocket origins, Blue Steel, Polaris and Thor. Charles E. MacKay aviation history.