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5 books mention ‘Early Aircraft’.
Commences with early German aviation to the opening of Johannisthal airfield in 1909 and the growth of Anthony Fokker and his aircraft.
WWI Aviation · 256 pages · 7 March 2023 · Volume 1 of 2, German Aircraft in the Great War£12.89A study of aircraft production before and in World War One, including Admiralty procurement of airships.
Scottish Aviation History · 238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93His experimental work was influenced by Lilienthal, the great German aircraft pioneer, whom he met twice.
Aviation Biography · 171 pages · 8 May 2024£12.89Dieter Dengler flew the Douglas Skyraider and the aircraft history is included with Royal Navy service and service in Sweden.
Aviation Biography · 102 pages · 9 September 2024£12.40Commencing at Versailles 1919, then the Germans in Russia at the Lipetsk flying school and at Fili aircraft assembly plant, with Hugo Junkers and Ernst Heinkel.
Military History · 207 pages · 16 January 2016£13.96
Historical articles (18)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Luftwaffe History Books: A Reader's Guide to German Aircraft, Jets and Industry, 1914-1945
A reader's guide to Luftwaffe history books on German aircraft, jets, procurement, armament and the collapse of the aircraft industry.
- 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.
- From Cierva and the Weir W5 to the Bristol Sycamore: Early British Helicopter Development
Early helicopter history from the Denny Mumford helicopter and Cierva autogiros to the Weir W5, Cierva Air Horse, Sikorsky Hoverfly and Bristol Sycamore.
- From the Queen Mary to the Mosquito and Bouncing Bomb: Morris Furniture of Glasgow, 1914-1975
How H. Morris and Co. of Glasgow furnished the Queen Mary and Royal Yacht Britannia and built Mosquito balsa plywood, Highball casings and rotor blades.