Britains Glorious Aircraft Industry: 100 Years of Success, Setback and Change
Britains Glorious Aircraft Industry: 100 Years of Success, Setback and Change Great Britain's aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer…
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Britains Glorious Aircraft Industry: 100 Years of Success, Setback and Change
Great Britain's aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer to design and build an aeroplane 'for commercial gain'. There were also setbacks along the way.This book tells the complete story of the 110 years since the start, all the companies formed and the aircraft they produced, highlighting the advances in aeronautical ambition and technology. It is the This was when the Short brothers, Oswald, Eustace and Horace, decided that aeroplanes would overtake balloons as a business opportunity in the aeronautical world and formed the partnership 'Short Brothers'.From this start, the UK aircraft industry expanded and grew rapidly, going on throughout the rest of the twentieth century to achieve many 'firsts' in the aeronautical world, with some remarkable technical successes and gaining a reputation to match.