GLOSTER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Derek N. James
Published by Tempus
in 1999
ISBN: 0752417002
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- COMPANY HISTORY
GLOSTER AIRCRAFT COMPANY
Written by Derek N. James.
Stock no. 1327900
1st.
1999.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
From its early beginnings during the First World War to its demise in 1963, the Gloster Aircraft Company produced some 13,000 aircraft. These ranged from some of the best fighter aircraft ever produced in Britain to prototypes which failed to win orders... Black boards, gilt title to spine. 160 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0752417002. Minimal bumping to spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit scuffed to rear panel and lightly edge rubbed.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Prologue
- 1. First and Early Days 1915-1923
- 2. On Wooden Wings 1923-1927
- 3. Gloster on the Move
- 4. Some Strangers at Hucclecote
- 5. The Metal Biplanes 1927-1941
- 6. Hard Times and Hawker 1930-1940
- 7. The RAF's Last Biplane Fighter
- 8. The Monoplane Era Arrives
- 9. Wartime Production
- 10. The First Jet Aircraft
- 11. Jet Fighters
- 12. End of the Line - Gloster's Last Aeroplane
- Appendix I - Selected Gloster Project Designs
- Appendix II - Production and Type Data