Designed before the onset of World War II, this fast and maneuverable fighter became the backbone of the RAF's Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. The Hawker Hurricane won the majority of the aerial victories that gave the RAF the edge over the German Luftwaffe in the crucial days of 1940. Hurricane puts you in the cockpit and behind the stick of this famous RAF airplane.
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Ron Dick served with the Royal Air Force for 38 years. His final assignment was as Defense Attaché and Head of the British Defense staff in the United States. He retired in 1988 in the rank of Air Vice-Marshal. During his career, he flew 60 different types of aircraft while compiling over 5,000 hours of flight time.
Since 1988 pilot-photographer Dan Patterson has published ten books. His Cockpit: An Illustrated History of World War II Aircraft Interiors, with Donald Nijboer, published in 1998 by Boston Mills Press has been translated into German and Japanese.
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Dan Patterson is an amazing aviation Photographer, AVM Ron Dick is a man supremely qualified to discuss the Hawker Hurricane. Pair them together and something very special happens. The images are stunning and are an excellent balance between historic and new. Though I would have prefered to keep the same number of images and add just a bit more text. This is not to say some of the text isn't facinating. How many fans of this era knew there was an experimental Biplane Hurricane? There is even a picture of one in this book. However what about the ski equipped models? What about the Hurricanes that served in the Soviet Union? True the title identifies it as "RAF Fighter". However the hurricane did have quite a long career in other corners of the globe. Sidney Cam (the designer of the Hurricane) made a wonderfull machine and the pictures in this book help those of us who dream of flying a Hurricane get just that bit closer.
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In June 1936 the name Hurricane was formally adopted for the Hawker Aircraft Company's new monoplane fighter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Battle of Britain, Fighter Command, Air Ministry, Sea Hurricane, Battle of France, Sydney Camm, Douglas Bader, Hawker Restorations New!
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In June 1936 the name Hurricane was formally adopted for the Hawker Aircraft Company's new monoplane fighter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
enemy aircraft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Battle of Britain, Fighter Command, Air Ministry, Sea Hurricane, Battle of France, Sydney Camm, Douglas Bader, Hawker Restorations New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Duel of Eagles: The Struggle for the Skies from the First World War to the Battle of Britain by Peter Townsend on page 19, and Back Matter
- The Battle of Britain (Royal Air Force Official Histories: Air Defence of Great Britain, v.2) by T.C.G. James on page 23
- Hawker Hurricane (Crowood Aviation Series) by Peter Jacobs in Back Matter
- Battle Over Britain: A history of the German air assaults on Great Britain,1917-18 and July-December 1940, and the development of Britain's air defenses between the World Wars by Francis K. Mason in Back Matter
- The Complete Book of Fighters by William Green in Back Matter
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