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4 books mention ‘Experimental Aircraft’.
Explains 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£7.54A study of aircraft production before and in World War One, including Admiralty procurement of airships.
Scottish Aviation History · 238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93Pilcher and his four years of experimental flying.
Aviation Biography · 171 pages · 8 May 2024£12.89…• During World War 2 the company became part of the Royal Aircraft Establishment doing model work on such aircraft as the SRA1 jet flying boat.
Industrial History · 200 pages · 15 August 2013£12.89
Historical articles (6)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.