It could be argued that the heyday of British military aircraft
flight testing began in the 1940s, and continued throughout the
three decades that followed, during the so-called Cold War period,
and as such, the authors have purposely chosen the first 30 years,
The Golden Years, 1945 to 1975, from the end of World War Two until
the mid-1970s, as this was arguably the most exciting period with
many wonderful and new types rubbing shoulders with wartime and
immediate post-war designs that were utilised for development
purposes, making for an eclectic mix of shapes and colour schemes.
Alongside the technical aspects of military testing and
development, are the many and varied colour schemes and markings
carried by the aircraft themselves - not only by the brand-new
experimental designs, but by existing production machines, suitably
modified, to greater or lesser degrees, to develop the technical
advances in systems and weaponry. Scores of different aircraft
types are covered in _British Military Test & Evaluation
Aircraft The Golden Years 1945 - 1975_, with over 65 rarely seen
contemporary photographs from private collections, and, differing
slightly from previous _Flight Craft_ book formats, over 50 pages
of specially commissioned full colour profiles and plan views,
visually chronicling the diverse range of colour schemes and
markings applied to these fascinating aeroplanes. Compiled by Neil
Robinson and Martin Derry, who have authored several other _Flight
Craft_ books, with informative background text by well known
aviation historian Malcolm V Lowe and superbly executed
illustrations by Mark Rolfe. As with other books in the _Flight
Craft_ series, although published with aircraft modellers in mind,
it is hoped that most aviation enthusiasts will find something of
interest here too.
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