Developing British Military Helicopters
Author: Jim Schofield
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780956508607
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Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960
Author: Matthew R.H. Uttley
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-05-22
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1135282382
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.
British Military Helicopters
Author: John Everett-Heath
Publisher: Olympic Marketing Corporation
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780853688051
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GENERAL STAFF AND THE HELICOPTER
Development time scales for British and American military aircraft
Military Helicopter Doctrines of the Major Powers, 1945-1992
Author: Matthew Allen
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1993-05-30
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This comparative history of the military helicopter doctrines of the major powers since World War II focuses on the last twenty years. This unusual analysis of the decision-making process associated with the use of helicopters in conventional air-land warfare should provoke interest and controversy among students and experts concerned with military strategy. This substantial research study is intended for academics, professionals, policy makers, and all interested in the development of helicopters over the last fifty years. Matthew Allen examines military helicopter doctrines in the United States, former Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France. He describes changes and innovations in the use of helicopters in air-land battle. He also assesses how decisions are made and innovations develop. An appendix summarizes the technical characteristics of helicopters and photographs bring them to life. A bibliography points out the most significant sources for further research; figures clarify the complex decision-making process, and tables provide additional data. A full index makes this rare history accessible.
Development Time Scales for British and American Military Aircraft and the Export Performance of the British Aircraft Industry
The Helicopter
Author: Patrick Allen
Publisher: Airlife Publishing
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Told mainly through photographs from museums, manufacturers and private individuals, this book traces the development of the helicopter from its earliest stages to the present day.
The Birth of Military Aviation
Author: Hugh Driver
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780861932344
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A survey of the development of British military aviation from 1903 to 1914, revealing the consequences of its annexation by the state as a branch of armaments as an underlying cause of aircraft inadequacies on the outbreak of war. A mine of information, drawing on an impressive range of archives. It will become an important point of reference. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW This book aims to demonstrate how the crisis evident in British military aviation in the early years of the First World War was inherent in the entire development of aviation in the years preceding the conflict. After outlining the work of the early pioneers and the growth of an aviation industry as a branch of armaments, Dr Driver considers the objectives of the War Office in increasingly seeking to divert design development to their research establishment at Farnborough. He shows how the resultant virtual state monopoly in designand procurement had disastrous consequences for aircraft innovation and development, suffocating both competition and initiative, and leading to the maintenance of inadequate aircraft by the Royal Flying Corps following the outbreak of war. The continuing dispute and its culmination in the "Fokker Scourge" controversy of 1915-1916 graphically characterise the strained development of military-industrial relations in this area. Dr HUGH DRIVER gained an MA in War Studies from King's College London, and a D.Phil in modern history at Oriel College, Oxford.
