HAWKER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920
Written by Francis K. Mason
Published by Putnam Aeronautical Books
in 1991
ISBN: 0851778399
HAWKER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 1329906
1995.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Hawker products are described in great detail and illustrated by photographs and drawings. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 657 pages. 3rd edition. ISBN: 0851778399. Spine bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.
HAWKER AIRCRAFT SINCE 1920
Written by Francis K. Mason.
Stock no. 2132085
3rd.
1991.
Hardback.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Hawker products are described in great detail and illustrated by photographs and drawings. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 657 pages. 3rd edition. ISBN: 0851778399. Textblock is very slightly marked.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Hawker Aircraft Since 1920:
- Formation of the Company
- Early Hawker Designs
- Metal Construction
- The Tomitt
- Development of the Hart
- The Fury Biplanes
- The Birth of the Hurricane
- Reorganisation and Expansion
- The Hurricane Goes Ahead
- The Second World War
- The Typhoon
- The Last Generation of Piston-Engine Fighters
- Early Hawker Jet Aircraft
- 'The Most Beautiful Fighter Ever'
- The Echoes of the Sandys White Paper
- Towards New Horizons
- Rationalisation, Nationalisation and Centralisation?
- Harriers with the Royal Navy
- The Harrier II
- The Hawk
- Technical and Historical Reference Section
- Notes on Individual Aircraft
- Glossary
- Appendix (Unbuilt and unfinished projects)
- Index