Conceived in the 1950s as a replacement for the Supermarine Scimitar, the Blackburn Buccaneer went into service with the Royal Navy as its main carrier-borne nuclear strike aircraft. But with a diminishing role to play in world affairs, and a reduction in the number of aircraft carriers, the Navy disposed of its Buccaneers to the RAF, where they went on to become one of the Force's most successful and best-loved aircraft. This complete history of the Buccaneer takes the reader from first proposals and the original production S.1 to the final fling of the type as a laser target aircraft during the first Gulf War.
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Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar. Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986.
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Mr. Darling did a good job on covering the Buccaneer. I would like to have seen what he could have produced given a larger format than what is normal for Crowood.
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At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Fleet Air Arm had a strength six large 'Fleet' aircraft carriers, HMS Implacable, Indefatigable, Indomitable, Illustrious, Formidable and Victorious, and five 'Light Fleet' carriers, HMS Glory, Ocean, Theseus, Triumph and Warrior. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fleet grounding, tailplane flaps, standard wing tips, extended wing tips, aileron droop, auto stabilizer, spares recovery, arrestor gear, catapult trials, deck landing trials, starboard console, radio bay, initial flight trials, tropical trials, arrestor hook, trials aircraft, intake assembly, refuelling probe, crew ejected, squadron disbanded, mission symbols, release trials, precautionary landing, major servicing, port console Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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At the end of the Second World War in 1945, the Fleet Air Arm had a strength six large 'Fleet' aircraft carriers, HMS Implacable, Indefatigable, Indomitable, Illustrious, Formidable and Victorious, and five 'Light Fleet' carriers, HMS Glory, Ocean, Theseus, Triumph and Warrior. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
fleet grounding, tailplane flaps, standard wing tips, extended wing tips, aileron droop, auto stabilizer, spares recovery, arrestor gear, catapult trials, deck landing trials, starboard console, radio bay, initial flight trials, tropical trials, arrestor hook, trials aircraft, intake assembly, refuelling probe, crew ejected, squadron disbanded, mission symbols, release trials, precautionary landing, major servicing, port console Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Trevor Smith Collection, Ark Royal, Fleet Air Arm, Boscombe Down, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Far East, West Freugh, South Africa, Sea Eagle, The Blackburn Archive, Hawker Siddeley, Operation Granby, Armstrong Whitworth, Pave Spike, Red Flag, Robert Blackburn, United States, Green Cheese, Red Beard, Blue Parrot, Bob Archer Collection, British Aerospace, Ministry of Supply, Sea Vixens New!
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- Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Sea Fury by Kev Darling in Front Matter
- Vickers Viscount and Vanguard (Crowood Aviation Series) by Malcolm L. Hill in Front Matter
- Bristol Beaufighter (Crowood Aviation Series) by Jerry Scutts in Front Matter
- English Electric Canberra by Ken Delve on page 19
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