Research Catalog
The Royal Aircraft Factory
- Title
- The Royal Aircraft Factory / Paul R. Hare.
- Author
- Hare, Paul R.
- Publication
- London : Putnam Aeronautical, ©1990.
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Details
- Description
- 318 pages : illustrations, plans; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Throughout the world, Farnborough is known for the [Society of British Aircraft Constructors] SBAC displays and exhibitions, but the site's association with aeronautics and aviation goes back to the early years of the century when the Balloon Factory designed and built balloons and airships for the military. Later, as the Royal Aircraft Factory, the team at Farnborough was responsible for a sequence of aeroplanes from 1911 to 1918. These included such celebrated types as the B.E.2 and R.E.8 reconnaissance aircraft, the F.E.2b fighter/bomber, and the S.E.5, one of the outstanding fighters of the First World War. Throughout this period, and subsequently as the Royal Aircraft Establishment, the institution has played a leading role in aeronautical research and development. This book presents the history and work of the Factory up to the time it ceased designing aeroplanes, and all of the machines designed and built at Farnborough are fully described."--Book jacket.
- Subject
- Royal Aircraft Establishment (Great Britain) > History
- Royal Aircraft Establishment (Great Britain)
- Aeronautics > Great Britain > History
- Airplanes, Military > Great Britain > History
- Aeronautics
- Airplanes, Military
- Flugzeugbau
- Geschichte
- Luftwaffe
- Flugzeug
- Geschichte (1911-1990)
- Great Britain
- Farnborough Hampshire
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes indexes.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Prehistory -- A new era begins -- Aeroplanes again -- Military and other trials -- Tested in battle -- Enemies in high places -- Change and decay -- Airships -- Aeroplanes -- Appendix 1: Prototype production -- Appendix 2: Production machines -- Appendix 3: Royal Aircraft Factory engines -- Appendix 4: Survivors and reproductions -- General Index -- Index of Engines -- Index of Aircraft.
- ISBN
- 0851778437
- 9780851778433
- LCCN
- 91182678
- OCLC
- ocm26052805
- 26052805
- SCSB-1965214
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library