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GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY

Written by Ken Wixey
Published by Alan Sutton in 1995
ISBN: 0750907479

£ 12.00 Photo of GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY- Stock Number: 1208851

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY
Written by Ken Wixey.
Stock no. 1208851
1st. 1995. Hardback. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Describes the county's influential role in British aviation and relates the story of the three aircraft manufacturers and their products over seventy momentous years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 152 pages includes index. ISBN: 0750907479. Wrapper slightly scuffed to rear.

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£ 12.00 Photo of GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY- Stock Number: 2122695

GLOUCESTERSHIRE AVIATION: A HISTORY
Written by Ken Wixey.
Stock no. 2122695
1st. 1995. Hardback. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Describes the county's influential role in British aviation and relates the story of the three aircraft manufacturers and their products over seventy momentous years. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 152 pages includes index. ISBN: 0750907479. Light bumping along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with small mark to spine and browned.

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Contents

  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. HISTORICAL SURVEY
  • Three Pioneers
  • Success Stories
  • Airfields
  • Chapter 2. GLOSTER AIRCRAFT
  • Mars 1 (Bamel)
  • The Racing Seaplanes
  • Gannet
  • Grouse
  • Grebe
  • Gamecock
  • Gamecock Derivatives
  • DH9As and Goral
  • Goring
  • The Big Move and Prototypes
  • Gnatsnapper
  • Gloster AS31 Survey
  • TC33 - Gloster's Jumbo
  • SS18/19 and Gauntlet
  • Gloster F5/36 (TSR 38)
  • Gloster F5/34 Unnamed Fighter
  • Gladiator
  • Gloster's Hawker Legacy
  • Gloster F9/37
  • E28/39 and E1/44 - Gloster's Single-engined Jets
  • Albemarle
  • Meteor
  • Javelin
  • Chapter 3. BRISTOL AEROPLANE COMPANY
  • Bristol Boxkite and Early Birds
  • Scout
  • Bristol Fighter
  • A Bristol Miscellany (One)
  • A Bristol Miscellany (Two)
  • Bulldog
  • By Jupiter
  • Bombay
  • Blenheim
  • Beaufort/Beaufighter
  • Buckingham/Buckmaster/Brigand
  • Brabazon
  • Freighter/Wayfarer
  • Sycamore
  • Britannia
  • Type 173/Belvedere
  • Type 188
  • Type 221
  • Concorde
  • Bloodhound (SAM)
  • Contracts
  • Chapter 4. PARNALL'S OF YATE
  • Panther/Puffin/Plover
  • Possum
  • Pixie
  • Perch and Pike
  • C10/C11 Autogiros
  • Peto
  • Imp and Elf
  • Pipit
  • Prawn
  • Parasol
  • G4/31
  • The Heck Series
  • Contracts
  • Appendix 1. TECHNICAL DATA: Principal Gloster, Bristol, Parnall Aircraft
  • Appendix 2. GLOSSARY
  • Bibliography
  • Index