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Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915 (Hardcover)
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Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915 (Hardcover)
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The ancient Norwich firm of Boulton & Paul were brought into
aircraft construction in 1915, and quickly became one of the great
innovators. They pioneered metal construction and built the frame
of the largest aircraft ever built in Britain, the R.101 airship.
The Overstrand, the last of their superlative medium bombers, was
the first aircraft in the world to feature a power-operated gun
turret, and after their move to Wolverhampton in 1936 and change of
name to Boulton Paul Aircraft their gun turrets became a vital
component of the war effort, not least in their own Defiant, which
fought in the Battle of Britain and was the most successful night
fighter in the dark nights of the Blitz. Their post-war Balliol
trainer was the World's first single-engine turboprop and their
last production aircraft, because the technology of their gun
turrets was translated into their world lead as manufacturers of
power operated control units, and then fly-by-wire. Becoming part
of the Dowty Group and later GE Aviation, their advanced aerospace
product line is now invested in the firm of Moog, still in
Wolverhampton, still innovating.
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