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The 'Secret' World of Vickers Guided Weapons (Paperback, Revised Ed): John Forbat The 'Secret' World of Vickers Guided Weapons (Paperback, Revised Ed)
John Forbat
R577 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R100 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on the author's own involvement as an engineer at the company through the 1950s and early 1960s and on more recent research of the archives at Brooklands Museum and the PRO, this book explains the successes and failures of leading-edge developments at Vickers, in the early days of guided weapons. John Forbat explains missile and avionics systems and trials, with diagrams and photographs, and tells the story of the company and its individuals. Projects covered in depth include Red Rapier, Blue Boar, Red Dean and Vigilant anti-tank missile, of which the author has first-hand experience as he started working for Vickers as a graduate apprentice assembling airplanes and soon graduated into Special Projects where he was responsible for many of the trials.

TSR2: Precision Attack to Tornado - Navigation and Weapon Delivery (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): John Forbat TSR2: Precision Attack to Tornado - Navigation and Weapon Delivery (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
John Forbat
R568 R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Included are details on the ground-breaking navigation and attack system, its Cold War context, its requirements and the development of ATF (advanced terrain following), and in-depth analysis of automatic flight control systems, analogue and digital simulations at Weybridge and the reconnaissance pack for mapping enemy territory. It finishes with a look at the final throes of TSR2's cancellation by the Labour government in 1965. 'This fascinating personal account of the behind the scenes action at Vickers during the heyday of British aviation and weaponry invention in the 1950s and 1960s is both authoritative and very, very readable.' Wg Cdr Al Monkman, D.F.C., M.A., B.A., R.A.F., 617 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth, Moray.

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