NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT SUPERMARINE: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Written by Denis Le P. Webb
Published by J&kh Publishing
in 2001
ISBN: 1900511738
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NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT SUPERMARINE: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Written by Denis Le P. Webb.
Stock no. 1825120
1st.
2001.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Tracing the subtle changes of management style throughout the author's service in the Company from 1926-1970. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 295 pages. ISBN: 1900511738. Spine and rear board lightly browned. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT SUPERMARINE: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Written by Denis Le P. Webb.
Stock no. 1825073
1st.
2001.
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Tracing the subtle changes of management style throughout the author's service in the Company from 1926-1970. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 295 pages. ISBN: 1900511738. Text block lightly marked. Previous bookseller's barcoded label to rear board. A few corner creases.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT AT SUPERMARINE: A PERSONAL HISTORY
Written by Denis Le P. Webb.
Stock no. 1324732
1st.
2001.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition.
Tracing the subtle changes of management style throughout the author's service in the Company from 1926-1970. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 295 pages. ISBN: 1900511738. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Front joint cracked. Some fingering to textblock but contents generally clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter One Aviation Memories of my Childhood
- Chapter Two The 'Southampton' Flying Boat
- Chapter Three Workshop Authenticity
- Chapter Four Staff Training
- Chapter Five My First Job on the Weekly Paid Staff
- Chapter Six Assistant to Trevor Westbrook
- Chapter Seven I Get My First Department
- Chapter Eight Changing Gear
- Chapter Nine Westbrook Departs
- Chapter Ten The New Itchen Works
- Chapter Eleven War Clouds Gather
- Chapter Twelve Early War Days
- Chapter Thirteen Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
- Chapter Fourteen The Long Expected Chop
- Chapter Fifteen The Dispersal
- Chapter Sixteen Hursley Park the Headquarters of Supermarine Dispersal
- Chapter Seventeen High Post and Chilbolton Aerodromes Assistant Experimental Manager 1946-1956
- Chapter Eighteen Hursley Park, Experimental Hangar Assistant Experimental Manage
- Chapter Nineteen Deputy Service Manage and Technical Liason Officer
- Appendices