Pegasus The Heart Of The Harrier
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Pegasus The Heart Of The Harrier
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Author : Andrew Dow
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-08-20
Pegasus The Heart Of The Harrier written by Andrew Dow and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with History categories.
The conception of the Pegasus engine in 1957 upset all the conventions of aircraft design. It was previously usual for aircraft designers to seek a suitable engine, but this was an engine that sought an aircraft. The aircraft that resulted was the famous Harrier that is still in front-line service with air forces around the world including the RAF and US Marine Corps. This book takes an in-depth look at the engine's original design concept, initial production and flight testing. It then goes on to explain how the developments and improvements have been made over the ensuing years and includes experiences of operational combat flying, both from land and sea. The book is written in a non technical style that makes comfortable reading for all enthusiasts and historians and is copiously illustrated with many previously unseen photographs and diagrams.
Pegasus The Heart Of The Harrier
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Author : Andrew Dow
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2009-08-20
Pegasus The Heart Of The Harrier written by Andrew Dow and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with History categories.
This volume chronicles the making of the Harrier Jump Jet—the innovative Cold War fighter aircraft designed to operate from virtually anywhere. In 1957, the British engine manufacturer Bristol Siddeley turned aircraft design on its head with the creation of the Pegasus engine. Until then, aircraft designs would seek out suitable engines. Now the Pegasus was an engine in search of a suitable aircraft. The result was the famous Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first military airplane capable of vertical takeoff and landings. To this day, Harrier Jump Jets are still in front-line service with air forces around the world including the Royal Air Force and US Marine Corps. In this volume, former Bristol Siddeley executive Andrew Dow offers an in-depth look at the Pegasus engine's original design concept, production and flight testing. Dow then covers the developments and improvements that have been made over the years. He also includes experiences of operational combat flying, both from land and sea. Written in straightforward prose that avoids technical jargon, Pegasus, The Heart of the Harrier is copiously illustrated with many previously unseen photographs and diagrams.
Air Force Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Air Force Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Aeronautics categories.
Marine
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Author : Tom Clancy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1996-11-01
Marine written by Tom Clancy and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-11-01 with History categories.
An in-depth look at the United States Marine Corps-in the New York Times bestselling tradition of Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter Wing Only the best of the best can be Marines. And only Tom Clancy can tell their story--the fascinating real-life facts more compelling than any fiction. Clancy presents a unique insider's look at the most hallowed branch of the Armed Forces, and the men and women who serve on America's front lines. Marine includes: An interview with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Charles "Chuck" Krulak The tools and technology of the Marine Expeditionary Unit The role of the Marines in the present and future world An in-depth look at recruitment and training Exclusive photographs, illustrations, and diagrams
The Harrier Story
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Author : Peter R. March
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Harrier Story written by Peter R. March and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Fighter planes categories.
The 'Jump-jet' was the world's first vertical/short take-off and landing (VSTOL) operational jet aircraft. Developed using the revolutionary Pegasus engine, the Harrier has served the RAF and US Marine Corps well for over 30 years. Here, vividly told, is the fascinating story from the tentative hovering by the Hawker P1127 in 1960 to today's frontline Harrier GR9 and AV-8B warplanes.
A History Of Aviation At Brooklands In 100 Objects
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Author : Nigel Spooner
language : en
Publisher: Air World
Release Date : 2024-06-30
A History Of Aviation At Brooklands In 100 Objects written by Nigel Spooner and has been published by Air World this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-30 with Transportation categories.
At the dawn of the twentieth century mankind had not yet achieved powered flight. The main motive power then was provided by steam engines – heavy, dirty and inefficient. If one wanted to travel ‘over seas’ one had to travel on them. A journey from London to New York, by steam-driven train and ship, took more than 6 days. By the time the same century drew to a close in December 1999, air travel was the normal choice for long journeys. Millions of people every day flew comfortably and safely in pressurised aluminium airliners propelled by simple, clean and efficient gas turbine engines. The same journey from London to New York could be achieved at supersonic speed in less than 6 hours. For much of that century, many of the extraordinary developments that moved aviation from fragile wood and fabric biplanes to supersonic transports were achieved on 330 acres of low-lying former estate farmland in Surrey, England. The estate was called Brooklands. Those marshy acres were transformed from 1907 into the world’s first custom-built motor-racing circuit, then a rapidly developing aerodrome, and finally one of the country’s largest aircraft factories, employing tens of thousands of people. Nearly 19,000 aircraft of many different types were built at Brooklands during nine decades of peace and war. By the 1980s however it was being eclipsed by larger manufacturing sites elsewhere, with longer runways and better communications links; its owner, by then called British Aerospace, finally closed the factory in 1989. This book tells the history of those amazing developments through 100 of the key aircraft, engines, places and other objects that can still be seen, either in or near Brooklands Museum or in other locations around the country. It also highlights the stories of six designers whose inspiring creativity produced aircraft, engines and weapons ranging from Camel to Concorde, Fury to Harrier, Wellington to Viscount, Merlin to Olympus. Between them, Thomas Sopwith, Barnes Wallis, Rex Pierson, Sydney Camm, Stanley Hooker and George Edwards were responsible for much of what was designed, built and flown, not only at Brooklands but elsewhere too. The book is arranged in successive historical episodes but the many links between the objects and the designers should allow readers to follow different paths if they so wish. It is not intended as a technical reference but rather to inspire the reader to seek out the objects and discover more about them.
The Marine Corps Gazette
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
The Marine Corps Gazette written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
Jump Jet
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Author : Bruce Myles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Jump Jet written by Bruce Myles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
The Railway
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Author : Andrew Dow
language : en
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Release Date : 2014-10-30
The Railway written by Andrew Dow and has been published by Wharncliffe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-30 with Transportation categories.
Never before has a comprehensive history been written of the track used by railways of all gauges, tramways, and cliff railways, in Great Britain. And yet it was the development of track, every bit as much as the development of the locomotive, that has allowed our railways to provide an extraordinarily wide range of services. Without the track of today, with its laser-guided maintenance machines, the TGV and the Eurostar could not cruise smoothly at 272 feet per second, nor could 2,000-ton freight trains carry a wide range of materials, or suburban railways, over and under the ground, serve our great cities in a way that roads never could. ??Andrew Dow's account of the development of track, involving deep research in the papers of professional institutions as well as rare books, company records and personal accounts, paints a vivid picture of development from primitive beginnings to modernity. ??The book contains nearly 200 specially-commissioned drawings as well as many photographs of track in its very many forms since the appearance of the steam locomotive in 1804. Included are chapters on electrified railways, and on the development of mechanised maintenance, which revolutionised the world of the platelayer.
No Escape Zone
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Author : Nick Richardson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-01-19
No Escape Zone written by Nick Richardson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On 16th April 1994, Nick Richardson was shot down over the beseiged Bosnian Muslim town of Gorazde, his plane hit by a surface-to-air missile. NO ESCAPE ZONE is the story of Richardson's journey to the Bosnian theatre of war and his descent into the hell of the war-torn Balkans. It recounts in graphic detail the rigorous training as his aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal steamed full tilt to the Adriatic, his missions over Bosnia and the dramatic shootdown itself. But that was merely the beginning. Picked up by Muslim forces, he rapidly learnt that nothing was what it seemed in the former Yugoslavia. When the Serbs stormed Gorazde, Richardson - now teamed with a crack SAS unit - found the Muslims turning against them. A dangerous escape became their only option, because capture meant almost certain death. An action-packed narrative in the bestselling tradition of Sabre Squadron and TORNADO DOWN, Nick Richardson's first-hand account of his breakout from the besieged town is one of the most gripping, untold escape stories of the modern era.