Fairey Aviation is best remembered as a supplier to the Fleet Air Arm, but it achieved far more that that. It built the aircraft that made the first crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922, broke the world distance record in 1933 and set the first over-1,000 mph speed record in 1956 with a 38 per cent margin that has never been exceeded. Some of Britain's first guided missiles and world-beating helicopters are all part of the story, the background to this collection of 220 archive photographs. It was all started by a young man who left school at fifteen and built rather special model aeroplanes. The story of Fairey Aviation is his story too.
| ISBN: | 9780752406848 |
| Publication date: | 27th March 1997 |
| Author: | John W R Taylor |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 128 pages |
| Series: | The Archive Photographs Series |
| Genres: |
Aircraft and aviation Second World War Manufacturing industries Transport industries |
Fairey Aviation is best remembered as a supplier to the Fleet Air Arm, but it achieved far more that that. It built the aircraft that made the first crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922, broke the world distance record in 1933 and set the first over-1,000 mph speed record in 1956 with a 38 per cent margin that has never been exceeded.
Fairey Aviation features in the following genres: Aircraft and aviation, Second World War, Manufacturing industries, Transport industries
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Fairey Aviation was written by John W R Taylor and published by The History Press
Fairey Aviation has 128 pages
Yes it is part of The Archive Photographs Series series
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