- Hardcover: 239 pages
- Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd; First Edition edition (21 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852601663
- ISBN-13: 978-1852601669
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 643,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The author of this book, Bill Gunston uses his experience of aviation history, his knowledge of technical developments and his insight into politics, corporate manoeuvring and inventive genius that is international aviation. Here he draws on inside knowledge and hindsight to throw light on 45 moments in aviation history, from the first flying machines and the strange deaths of World War I fighter aces to the first jet fighter, the Comet, and the ill-fated TSR.2.
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