65/1 Avro
aircraft since 1908. A.J. Jackson
pp. [iv] 5-470. 318
photos, 58 g.a. drawings. Index. Green and red photog. [Avro 748]
illus. d.j.
Printers:
Price:
63s.
Appendices:
A: Construction for other manufacturers. B: Aircraft designed by A.V.
Roe Canada Ltd. C: Unbuilt Avro projects. D: Individual histories of
British civil Avro 504Ks
Frontis.:
F/Lt. J.B. Veale flying inverted over Hamble in Avro 621 Tutor of
Air Service Training Ltd., “At Home”, 3.8.34 (Charles E.
Brown photograph)
Copy:
lacks t.p. Numerous cuttings (and prints) of photos tipped in
text by previous owner
Notes:
[p.7] This book seeks ... to record as completely as possible all
aeroplanes which have borne the Avro trademark, together with
something of their technical details and operational histories. ...
New material made available from Avro records has led to the
inclusion of several details which are intentionally at variance with
the author’s “British Civil Aircraft 1919-1959”
[cf. Items 59/2, 60/1 above], and made possible complete listings of
production aircraft. Initial markings alone are quoted except where
subsequent identities are demanded by the story and in the unique
Avro 504K joyriding saga.
[cat.
1973] Contains the most complete history of A.V. Roe’s
early experimental aircraft ever written, and describes in exhaustive
detail all Avro military and civil aircraft, including those built in
Canada, with full data on unbuilt Avro projects. All known Avro 504
variants are fully described. Operational histories of over 70 major
types.
[2]
[second] edition 1990:
Revised
and updated by R.T. Jackson
An
imprint of Conway Maritime Press. pp. [iv] v-xxii 1-511. 439 photo,
59 g.a. drawings. Index. Col. wrap-round painting [Lancaster B.IIIs
of 61 Sqn.] d.j. by Keith Woodcock
Printers:
The Alden Press, Oxford
Price:
£30
ISBN:
0 85177 834 8
Frontis:
Vulcan prototypes VX770 and VX777 formating with Avro 707As WZ736
and WD280, Avro 707B VX790 and Avro 707C WZ744 before appearing at
the 1953 Farnborough Air Show (Avro)
Appendices:
A, Construction for other manufacturers; B, Aircraft designed by
A.V. Roe Canada Ltd; C, Avro projects; D, Avro Blue Steel; E, Avro
motor vehicles; F, Individual histories of British civil Avro 504Ks
Notes:
[p.vii] The first edition Foreword that follows has been amended
to take into account changes made in the content and format
of the book as it is now presented in this, its second edition.
[p.ix]
Regrettably my father, A.J. Jackson, did not live to complete a
second edition … However, his notes, including additional text
relating to overseas Avro 504Ks and the Avro 671/Cierva C.30A, and
above all his extensive personal archive have made the task of
updating the book a relatively straightforward one. The archive is
now in the ownership of my elder brother, Squadron Leader D.H.
Jackson …
[3]
reprinted 1993:
[not
held]
[4]
reprinted 1994:
[not
held]
65/2 The
British fighter since 1912: fifty years of design and development. Peter Lewis
pp.
[viii] 9-400. 296 photos, 99 g.a. drawings. Data tables, index. Red
photog. [Folland Gnat] illus. d.j.
Printers:
William Clowes & Sons Ltd, Beccles
Price:
63s.
Dedication:
To the test pilots - past and present - whose skill, courage and
sacrifice have advanced the British fighter
Frontis.:
English Electric Lightning F.1s of 74 Sqn. (Rolls Royce
photograph)
Contents:
Prelude to power; The fighter is fledged; Progress in peace; The
biplane supreme; Change – and a choice; Rearmament – and
the monoplane; Piston versus jet; The turbine takes over; Mach one
plus; The first half century; Data tables
Notes:
for companion vol. see item 67/2. New text with same title see
Item 92/3
[p.9] ...
has been written to encompass solely the development of the aircraft
by the designers, constructors and test pilots concerned.
Reviews:
[Gerald J. Pollinger. Air Pic., June 1965, p.252]
The make-up of this new book … and the similar format Avro
Aircraft Since 1908 by A.J. Jackson from the same publishers at
the same time at the same price, is an interesting one. Whereas
Jackson’s follows the tried and proven formula of an aircraft
per section of several pages … the equally imposing volume by
Lewis … is written more as a continuous prose study. Thus to
find any individual aircraft the index must be consulted. This method
of story-telling is no bad thing, and gets away from the more
stereotyped stylization of the pure reference work. … The
index, with its list of specification numbers in particular is
unusually complete …Lewis has crammed his sentences with
facts, and although his style is a little pedestrian, he has
nevertheless produced yet another worthwhile book which deserves to
be as successful as its hangar-mates.
[2]
2nd edition 1967:
Putnam,
London; Aero Publishers, USA. pp. [viii] 9-402. 402 photos, 100 g.a.
drawings. Index. Red and white photog. [Folland Gnat] illus. d.j.
Printers:
William Clowes & Sons Ltd, Beccles
Price:
63s.
Dedication,
frontis., contents as 1st ed.
Notes:
[p.10] In preparing this revised edition … it would have
given me the greatest pleasure to have been able to extend the volume
to some degree by being able to record the advent of some striking
new fighters from our designers. … The Lightning and the
P.1127 now constitute the main activity in the design of the
indigenous British fighter and details and photographs of both have
been brought up-to-date in this edition.
[1973
cat.] The first of a new kind of aviation history, covering
the whole evolution, from earliest beginnings to the present day, of
all British aircraft types dedicated to one specific role. The result
is a fascinating study, carefully documented and generously
illustrated. Here are the great names of two World Wars: Camel, S.E.5
and Pup; Hurricane, Spitfire and Mosquito. Here also are the names of
the men who gave the R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. leadership in
military aviation for half a century: de Havilland, Folland, Mitchell
and Sir Sydney Camm.
[3]
3rd edition 1974:
404pp.
304 photos, 103 g.a. drawings
Price:
£4.50
ISBN:
0 370 10049 2
[not held]
[cat.
1974-75] ... The history describes all categories of fighter,
from the early gun-carriers and scouts of the R.F.C. and R.N.A.S.,
through the colourful biplanes of the inter-war period, into the era
of the monoplane in its drab camouflage, with such types as the
Spitfire and the Hurricane playing a vital part in the Battle of
Britain, and on the amazing, polished creations of the supersonic
age. Many unfinished projects which contributed to the development of
the fighter as a weapon are also recorded.
[4]
4th edition 1979:
pp.
[viii] 9-416. 319 photos, 105 g.a. drawings. Index. Red photog. [H.S.
Sea Harrier] illus. d.j.
Printers:
Fletcher & Son Ltd, Norwich
Price:
£8.50
ISBN:
0 370 30250 8
Contents,
frontis., dedication: as 1st ed.
Notes:
[p.10] Research prior to the publication of the third edition …
in 1974 disclosed the drastic … reduction in the customary
prodigious activity displayed in British fighter design … The
progression of this extremely grave situation has been confirmed in
the course of the ensuing five years, the solitary example of
continued development of a British-conceived first-line fighter …
being that of the Hawker Siddeley Harrier … Recorded also is
the conception of the Hawker Siddeley HS.1182 Hawk as a fighter for
export …
[d.j.] …
recounts the evolution of some 350 diverse types … is replete
with a wealth of previously ‘classified’ information
released through special facilities granted to the author …
65/3 Fokker:
the creative years. A.R. Weyl. Edited by J.M. Bruce
pp. [viii] 9-420. 274
photos, 39 g.a. drawings. Index. Red and blue photog. [Fokker D.VII]
illus. d.j.
Printers:
Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay
Price:
84s.
Appendices:
I: List of Fokker aircraft types up to the V.45. II: Notes on
individual Fokker Monoplanes. III: The structural tests of the Fokker
D.I, D.II and D.III. IV: Description of the construction of the
Fokker Dr.I. V: Notes on individual Fokker triplanes. VI: Structural
description of the Fokker D.VII
Notes:
p.[v] The editing and preparation of this book for publication
were performed after the author’s untimely death. Not only were
his personal and authentic advice and guidance on the text itself
lacking: there was no clue to the sources of most of the material on
which he drew in compiling this history.
For
German aircraft of World War 1 cf. 62/1
[d.j.] ...
Most important, it does belated honour to Reinhold Platz, the man who
designed the best of the Fokker aircraft of the 1914-18 war period
and the most famous of the Fokker transport monoplanes ...
[cat.
1973] This book records in intimate detail the formative years
of the Fokker company. The text corrects many erroneous beliefs and
sets many records straight, and is illustrated throughout with many
rare photos.
A.R.
Weyl. After a period as Permanent Assistant to the Professor of
Aeronautical Engineering at the Technical University, Berlin, worked
in the German Defence Ministry as well as editing an aeronautical
journal, until his arrest by the Nazis in 1933. He escaped to England
and began a new career as test pilot, manager of a small aircraft
firm and engineering consultant. He died in 1959.
[2] Reprinted 1998:
Reprinted with new d.j.
ISBN:
0 85177 817 8
Price:
£18
[cat.
1998] This book records the formative years of the Fokker
company, and belatedly honours Reinhold Platz, the man who designed
the best of the Fokker aircraft of the First World War period and the
most famous of the Fokker transport monoplanes.
SJ. 13.03.05