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ISBN:	0571272185 (ISBN13: 9780571272181)
Edition Language:	English

Empire Of The Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled The World

James Hamilton-Paterson

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 209 pages

Rating: 4.24 | 349 Users | 35 Reviews

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Title	:	Empire Of The Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled The World
Author	:	James Hamilton-Paterson
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 209 pages
Published	:	Books for a Men's Book Group 300 books — 101 voters
Categories	:	History. Aviation. Nonfiction. War. Military Fiction. Transport. Aircraft. Military. Military History

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In 1945, Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better than sex. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment when innovative new British aircraft made their debut, and pilots were the rock stars of the age?

James Hamilton-Paterson captures that season of glory in a compelling book that fuses his own memories of being a schoolboy plane spotter with a ruefully realistic history of British decline - its loss of self confidence and power. It is the story of great and charismatic machines and the men who flew them: heroes such as Bill Waterton, Neville Duke, John Derry and Bill Beaumont who took inconceivable risks, so that we could fly without a second thought.

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Ratings: 4.24 From 349 Users | 35 Reviews

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Amazing book if you like aeroplanes! To be at an airshow in that era, wow.

I bought this book as I have a interest in the UK's ability to design, build and operate aircraft from the start of World War Two and beyond into the 1970s that is born from reading about or seeing these aircraft in museums and for some at airshows.What I read was a story about Meteors, Lightnings, Vampires, Canberras, and of course the V Bombers: Valiant, Victor and the mighty Vulcan from concept to design to service. Alongside this is the axed BAC TSR2 and Fairey FD2 and many more that showed

A masterful and delightful balance of serious history, personal nostalgia, conscious balancing of perspectives, historical awareness and deep affection.

Excellent analysis of how the British Aircraft industry world leaders in the design of advanced aircraft were well and truly stuffed by incompetent management and inept stupid politicians.A quote in the book by Sir Sydney Camm about the TSR2 All modern aircraft have four dimensions: Span, Length, Height and Politics. TSR2 simply got the first three right. - Sir Sydney Camm.

An exhilarating and frustrating overview of the post-war British aviation industry and history. So many amazing achievements, and yet so often were they thwarted by lack of foresight, money, and by politics. Well worth a read if you'd like to get a feel for the atmosphere of that 'golden age' of British aviation development in the 1940s-1960s. Enjoy!

Fascinating story by James Hamilton-Patterson of the decline and destruction of the British aircraft industry. Full of stories of larger-than-life characters who were the test-pilots of the era.

I bought this book as I have a interest in the UK's ability to design, build and operate aircraft from the start of World War Two and beyond into the 1970s that is born from reading about or seeing these aircraft in museums and for some at airshows.What I read was a story about Meteors, Lightnings, Vampires, Canberras, and of course the V Bombers: Valiant, Victor and the mighty Vulcan from concept to design to service. Alongside this is the axed BAC TSR2 and Fairey FD2 and many more that showed