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Tony Buttler
During World War II, America's air arms fielded some superlative fighters such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang and Vought F4U Corsair. The large numbers of these…
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Buttler, Tony
This work, fully illustrated with over 180 photographs, gives this heavyweight machine a well-deserved volume of its own.
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A complete photographic survey of all the manufacturers and major British military aircraft that flew in the Postwar period.
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This book provides genuinely new perspectives on many aspects of the Concorde programme. Fully illustrated throughout with much of the illustrative material used previously unpublished. Detailed information on the flight…
Following on from the successful X-Planes of Europe, Tony Butler adds a second volume of fighter and bomber prototypes.
Having completed the revision of his series of British Secret Projects titles, Tony Buttler has now begun the same treatment for his early volumes on American Secret Projects. This first…
Concentrating on designs that were never built, the projects and programmes explored here start with designs that were prepared in the knowledge that war was approaching.
Drawing on many original Air Staff and Ministry documents and also the Hawker aircraft day-to-day diaries, it tells the story of one-off modifications and trials projects, aerodynamic modifications and tests…
As early as 1943 it became apparent that supersonic flight might be an achievable goal - but not for the propeller-driven aircraft of the day
This book examines the last generation of high-performance British propeller-driven fighters, types such as the Firecrest, late mark Spitfires and Seafires, Spiteful and Seafang, Sea Fury, late mark Tempests, Hornet…
Accompanied by over 200 images, some of which are published here for the first time, it is an invaluable reference tool for both aviation enthusiasts interested in experimental and trails…
This fully illustrated volume looks at the classic jet fighter, the Hawker Hunter.
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A fascinating and revealing look at the development of Chinese military aviation which is of increasing interest to the Western world as China continues to develop both its economic and…
This is the fascinating history of how the radical delta-wing became the design of choice for early British and American high-performance jets, and of the role legendary aircraft like the…
From the Heinkel He 178 to the Caproni Camini N.1, this is the authoritative illustrated guide to the revolutionary aircraft that led to start of the military jet age.
Tony Buttler,Jean-Louis Delezenne
Exotic research aircraft designed, built, and flown in Europe in the two decades following World War II were the foreign equivalent of the legendary American X?Planes. Many of these advanced…
Tim McLelland
This is a welcome revised and enhanced second edition of this comprehensive, accurate and honest account of the fascinating TSR2 story, tracing the project’s development from its origins in the…
