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3 books mention ‘HMS Argus’.
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£12.93The evolution of the Sopwith aircraft produced by Beardmore is included with Camel operations off cruisers and the carriers Argus and Furious.
Scottish Aviation History · 238 pages · 8 September 2012£12.93Over 50 pages A5 format with numerous black and white pictures including HMS Perseus and HMS Rocket out of Londonderry.
Aviation Biography · 56 pages · 31 January 2018£7.54
Historical articles (5)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.