Hawker Aircraft Since 1920 (Putnam Aviation Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (804 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557503516 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 657 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hard cover, 657 pages.. Naval Institute Press, 1991. An outstanding work when first published, it is now of even greater value, the author having made a complete revision as well as expanding and updating the sections on the later aircraft such as the Hunter and Harrier, and adding new chapters on the Sea Harrier, the Harrier G.R.5, and the joint Anglo-American Harrier. Francis Mason. These and other Hawker products are described in great detail and illustrated by photographs and drawings. This book, by one of the most distinguished writers on military aviation, was originally published in 1961 and updated in 1971
Something of a disappointment Alexander T. Gafford The Putnam Aeronautical Books series contains many volumes, of which I own several. This seems the least helpful of any. The other two titles in the " Aircraft since 19XX " series that I own are on Shorts and Supermarine. The shortcomings of this voume on Hawker are as follows:1. There is little understanding of who contributed what at Hawker other than Sidney Camm and some test pilots although clearly some very talented folks worked there. See for expample the book "Sidney Camm and the Hurricane" Airlife, 1991 which makes this abundently clear.2. Unlike in the volum. "Four Stars" according to Robert Martin. Great series of books. Hawker history told by an insider J. boyle This book tells you everything you might need to know about the venerable English firm that grew out of the W.W. One Sopwith firm. the author was given unprecidented access to company files in the preparation of this groundbreaking book.This was the first of the Putnam series (in its first edition) and set the style for the successful series. Unlike the books that followed, this book has a rather extensive 98 page overview of the firm's history (many of the others in the series have 10 or 15 pages of history before addressing the specific aircraft types).Helpfully, t