Fighter Master Folland and the Gladiators - Softcover

James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752443976 ISBN 13: 9780752443973

Verlag: The History Press, 2007

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Reseña del editor:

Although Henry P. Folland never received the public acclaim accorded to the Spitfire and Hurricane's designers, more than 7,000 examples were built of the seventeen fighters he designed. His first biplane fighter, the Royal Aircraft Factory's S.E.5/5a, fought in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps; his last, the 1934 Gloster Gladiator, equipped ten Royal Air Force Fleet Air Arm squadrons during the Second World War. Between the wars Henry Folland was responsible for the designs of fourteen other fighters, with Gladiators being exported to thirteen countries. Here Derek N. James, renowned aviation historian and author of nineteen books, relates the fascinating story of Henry Folland's days as a Lanchester Motor Co. apprentice and his move to Daimler Motor Co., which was to change his life, before his prolific sixteen years with Gloucestershire (Gloster) Aircraft Co. A major section of the book is devoted to the Gauntlet and Gladiator with special contributions by the test pilots who flew them. Detailed histories of all Folland's fighter designs are included, alongside an in-depth study of the man himself, and many of the 180 illustrations are previously unpublished.

Biografía del autor:

Prolific local author Derek James has also written Gloster Aircraft Co., Bristol Aeroplane Co., and The Flying Machine in Gloucester for Tempus. This is his nineteenth book.

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• Verlag: The History Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0752443976
• ISBN 13: 9780752443973
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160