Aircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers

Aircraft Engine Test Beds: British Jet Fighters and Bombers
Tony Buttler
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Paperback
h234 x 170mm - 96pg
30 Jan 2023 UK
Eta 3-5 days from NZ Market Release
9781802822489
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During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, a number of British jet fighter and bomber aircraft were fitted with new, different or additional engines, both jet and rocket, to enable them to serve as test beds for those specific powerplants. These aircraft types included fighters such as the de Havilland Vampire, Gloster Meteor and Javelin, and Hawker Hunter, the one-off Hawker P. 1072 and the English Electric Canberra, Short Sperrin, Vickers Valiant and Avro Vulcan bombers. This book brings together these specific aircraft, and the engines they tested, in a single volume. Accompanied by over 200 images, some of which are published here for the first time, it is an invaluable reference tool for both aviation enthusiasts interested in experimental and trails aircraft and modellers specialising in jet aircraft.
Tony Buttler was born in England. He joined High Duty Alloys in 1974 as a metallurgist and for nearly 20 years was involved in the testing of aluminum and titanium airframe and engine components for all of the world' s major aircraft. It was during this period that his great interest in aviation began to blossom. After leaving HDA, Buttler earned his master' s degree in Archives and Library Studies at Loughborough University, and became a freelance aviation historian specializing in the design and development of military aircraft.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781802822489
Published: 30 Jan 2023
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Key Publishing
Publisher: Key Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 96

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