De Havilland's first contribution to the brave new world of the jet fighter was the Vampire - a small, attractive aircraft with its de Havilland engine mounted directly behind the pilot. Most distinctively, its tailplane and fins were supported by twin booms attached to the wings. This was to be the first in an illustrious and successful trio of aircraft that shared the initial V in their name and the pretty twin-boom arrangement. Aviation historian Barry Jones has chronicled the development and service of the Vampire, the higher-powered Venom and its Sea Venom derivative, and the Sea Vixen. Covering the types' service with air forces throughout the world, and illustrated with many archive photographs, this is the celebration of this much-loved family of aircraft.
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Since the early 1960s Barry Jones has followed a freelance career of illustrating, photography and writing for the aircraft and automobile industries. This has included the Hawker Siddeley Group, Fairey Aviation, Edgar Percival Aircraft, the Rootes Group, as well as a regular series with Aeroplane magazine.
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Operational History of Early British Fighter jets,
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This review is from: De Havilland Twin-Booms (Crowood Aviation) (Hardcover)
This is another of the very fine Crowood Aviation Series books. It traces the early development & use of jet engines before/during WW2, evolution of British jet fighters leading up to the Vampire (1946), Venom (1950) and Sea Vixen (1957). These planes served up until 1984 with 30 differnt nations.
The book has a lot of techincal information, facts, statistics, data that capture each version of the twin boom fighters. Many clear B&W photos show the plane in all stages of development, in all theaters and varients. Usually, Crowood books have a lot of stories from the pilots who flew the planes. Not so here, but the real reason I gave four stars - no color. At this price, there should be color photos and even color plates to show the camoflague schemes used. Also no cut-aways of the planes. A good book, very informative, not recommended for modelers or casual plane buffs. For those seriously interested in this era of Jet plane development, especially British, this is a good addition to your collection.
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spider crab, normal service ceiling, first turbojet aircraft, static park, taxiing trials, deck trials, arrester hook, fuselage nacelle, trials aircraft, first production aircraft, instructional airframe, turbojet fighters, arrester wire, landing trials, squadron service, internal fuel capacity, cannon armament, ejector seats, maiden flight, twin booms, acrobatic team, flight trials, rocket projectiles, last aircraft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea Venom, Sea Vixen, Royal Navy, Sea Vampire, Boscombe Down, World War Two, Middle East, Far East, Air Ministry, English Electric, Boscomhe Down, Ark Royal, United States, West Raynham, British Government, Major Halford, Power Jets, John Derry, Air Force, Sqn Ldr, Fleet Air Arm, Handling Squadron, Operation Musketeer, Vampire Ills, Hong Kong Browse Sample Pages:
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