BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS: JET FIGHTERS SINCE 1950
Written by Tony Buttler
Published by Midland Publishing
in 2000
ISBN: 9781857800951
BRITISH SECRET PROJECTS: JET FIGHTERS SINCE 1950
Written by Tony Buttler.
Stock no. 1828006
2001.
Hardback.
Large format.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
A unique insight into a secret world where the public had little idea of what was going on, while at the same time presenting a coherent picture of British fighter development and evolution. Large format. Grey cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour and b/w photos, and b/w diagrams. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781857800951. Reprint. Spine & corners lightly bumped & rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and lightly edge-creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One A Long Haul
- Naval All-Weather Fighter Development:1945 to 1957
- Chapter Two Ship-borne Supermarines
- Naval Day Interceptors: 1945 to 1957
- Chapter Three Day Fighters for the RAF
- Land-based Fighter Progress: 1946 to the mid-1950's - part 1
- Chapter Four Night Fighters for the RAF
- Land-based Fighter Progress: 1946 to the mid-1950's - part 2
- Chapter Five Advanced Versions
- Developments of the Standard Fighters: 1950 to 1956
- Chapter Six Transonic Research
- Breaking through the Sound Barrier: 1943 to 1957
- Chapter Seven Progression to Mach 2
- High Speed Research 1952 to 1962
- Chapter Eight The Ultimate Interceptor
- High Altitude Fighters: 1953 to 1959
- Chapter Nine First Steps to Tornado
- The First Fighters with Variable Sweepback: 1948 to 1952
- Chapter Ten Rocket Fighters
- Rocket and Mixed Power Fighters: 1952 to 1957
- Chapter Eleven A Quiet Period
- No More Fighters and a Reorganised Industry: 1957 to 1974
- Chapter Twelve Nonconformists
- Ideas Outside the General Trend
- Chapter Thirteen Trails to Typhoon
- The Return to Real Fighters: 1975 to 2000
- Chapter Fourteen Hawker Siddeley's Fighter Family
- Steps beyond Harrier: 1975 to the 1980's
- Chapter Fifteen Future Directions?
- Possibilities for the Next Decades
- Glossary
- British Secret Fighter Colour Chronology
- Appendices
- Index