Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
Autor Simons Men Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 noi 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399014410
ISBN-10: 1399014412
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Integrated black and white photographs
Dimensiuni: 156 x 231 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
ISBN-10: 1399014412
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: Integrated black and white photographs
Dimensiuni: 156 x 231 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Notă biografică
English professional aviation writer, publisher and historian Graham M Simons is one of the founders of the world famous aviation museum at Duxford near Cambridge where his interest was piqued watching the making of the 'Battle of Britain' film there in the late 1960's and from the days when you could go 'aircraft spotting' at London Heathrow and other airports.
From this, and with an engineering background, he progressed to membership of a number of aviation societies, including sitting on the British Aviation Preservation Council, eventually taking the position of Engineering Director with one group. Here he was responsible for overseeing the restoration of a De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide airliner to flying condition and placing this aircraft - with official approval -- in the colours and markings of the first aircraft of what was then the Kings Flight. It was during this period that he was contacted by Ian Allen Ltd to write the first ever history of this classic De Havilland type.
Other titles rapidly followed and with a growing number of contacts in both the military and airliners, Graham turned professional in 1987, combining his love of writing with his skills in production to create and publish aviation histories focussed on a variety of subjects.
He is the author of Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose, Comet! The World's First Jet Airliner, The Airbus A380: A History, and De Havilland Enterprises: A History, amongst many others published by Pen and Sword Books.
From this, and with an engineering background, he progressed to membership of a number of aviation societies, including sitting on the British Aviation Preservation Council, eventually taking the position of Engineering Director with one group. Here he was responsible for overseeing the restoration of a De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide airliner to flying condition and placing this aircraft - with official approval -- in the colours and markings of the first aircraft of what was then the Kings Flight. It was during this period that he was contacted by Ian Allen Ltd to write the first ever history of this classic De Havilland type.
Other titles rapidly followed and with a growing number of contacts in both the military and airliners, Graham turned professional in 1987, combining his love of writing with his skills in production to create and publish aviation histories focussed on a variety of subjects.
He is the author of Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose, Comet! The World's First Jet Airliner, The Airbus A380: A History, and De Havilland Enterprises: A History, amongst many others published by Pen and Sword Books.
Descriere
A comprehensive historical account of the production of Howard Hughes's famed HK-I Hercules one of the most expensive failures in aviation history.