British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909 traces one hundred years
of the British aviation industry, its history, origins, mergers and
takeovers. It details the evolution of the British aviation
industry and is an epitaph to household famous names such as
Armstrong-Whitworth, de Havilland, Chadwick, Claude-Graham White,
Sopwith, A. V. Roe, Mitchell, Hawker, Handley Page, Petter and
Fairey to name but a few. Of more recent times, the likes of Sidney
Camm, Hooker and Hooper, all of whom, made VTOL more than just a
dream, are also covered in astonishing and exhausting detail. Of
the major firms, most at some time or other have been absorbed,
merged or reorganised to form a single conglomerate, BAe Systems
and Rolls-Royce are chronicled from the outset to the mighty
companies they are today. Only PBN-Britten Norman - who on several
occasions escaped extinction due to financial difficulties - and
Westland, now part of AgustaWestland, and Short Bros of Northern
Ireland remain independent, although even the latter, are part of
Canadian, Bombardier Co. British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909
tells the complete and enthralling story of how Britain ruled the
world in terms of manufacturing and aircraft design from nimble but
fragile biplanes and majestic airliners that united the world to
the advanced bombers and fighters of today.
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