Avions Short : beaux livres - histoire et modèles

Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturing in Northern Ireland : An Illustrated History - 1909 to the Present Day

Northern Ireland has an enviable, extensive and often unappreciated role in aviation history.
With a focus on aircraft manufacturing from the first pioneering steps by Lilian Bland, Joseph Cordner and a young Harry Ferguson, through a century of developments in production and research, this illustrated volume highlights that history and the people who played a part.

Using over 300 black and white and colour images, with extended captions, the authors take a chronological look at how, from innovative beginnings, a successful aircraft and aerospace industry has thrived locally through periods of war and peace.
Aircraft from both military and civil backgrounds are featured including the early experiments, licensed military production, flying boats, conversions, fascinating research designs, jet and missile developments, and successful transport and passenger aeroplanes. Details of both locations and people help to bring the story to life.

Written by two experts on the topic and drawing on the archives and collections of Bombardier Belfast and Ulster Aviation Society, this volume contains much previously unpublished material.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Guy Warner, Ernie Cromie
Présentation :	128 pages, 20 x 24 x 0.7 cm, broché
Illustration :	300+ photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Colourpoint Books (GB, 2014)
ISBN :	9781780730608

Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat

Between 1938 and 1948, Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a dramatic and dangerous period for commercial aviation. They flew the Singapore-Sydney section of the prewar Imperial Airways UK-Australia air route, introducing a new level of luxury travel to the route.
However, the outbreak of war cut short this brief glamorous time and brought the Qantas boats increasingly onto the front line.

Containing over 160 stunning illustrations, many previously unpublished, this book details the history of the Empire flying boats as they went from luxurious carriers to military service in roles that included the resupply and evacuation of Allied military forces.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	David Crotty
Présentation :	127 pages, 16.5 x 24.5 x 1 cm, broché
Illustration :	160+ photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2022)
ISBN :	9781913870379

Short Stirling : RAF Heavy Bomber in World War II (Legends of Warfare)

Introduced in 1941, the Short Stirling was the Royal Air Force's first four-engine heavy bomber of the Second World War. However, early on, the Stirling's performance was compromised by several issues: a reduced wingspan, which resulted in serious limitations on maximum altitude capability; the two-stage landing gear proved to be dangerously frail; and the bomb-bay design proved incapable of carrying large-scale blockbuster bombs. Its altitude ceiling limitations left the aircraft particularly vulnerable to isolation and dispatch by enemy night fighters within the bomber stream, and it was these factors that ultimately led to its withdrawal from Britain's strategic bombing campaign over occupied Europe.

By November 1943, it was replaced by the more effective Handley Page Halifax and Avro Lancaster. However, it did see important second-line duty in the glider-towing, paratroop drop, minelaying, and supply roles. The Stirling also saw post-WWII duties as a passenger transport up to the late 1940s.

This book is a concise, visual history of this lesser-known RAF WWII bomber.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Ron Mackay
Présentation :	112 pages, 23 x 23.5 x 1.8 cm, relié
Illustration :	185 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2022)
Série :	Legends of Warfare
ISBN :	9780764364631

Short Stirling Units of World War 2 (Osprey)

Of the RAF's trio of four-engined heavy bombers in World War 2, the mighty Short Stirling was the first to enter service in August 1940. From its first raid in February 1941, the Stirling was at the forefront of the British night bombing offensive against Germany before unacceptably high losses forced its relegation to second-line duties later in the war.
In its modified form as the Mark IV the Stirling fulfilled vital roles with the RAF as a paratroop transport and glider tug on D-Day, at Arnhem and on the Rhine crossing as well as flying countless Special Duties operations over Occupied Europe and Norway.
Its last gasp was in 1948-49 when a handful of Mk Vs were acquired by the Royal Egyptian Air Force to bomb Israel in the First Arab-Israeli War.

Containing numerous first-hand combat accounts from the crews that flew the bomber and detailed profile artwork, "Short Stirling Units of World War 2" uncovers the history of one of the RAF's greatest World War 2 bombers.

Caractéristiques

Auteur :	Jonathan Falconer
Présentation :	96 pages, 25 x 18.5 x 0.7 cm, broché
Illustration :	76 photos en N&B et en couleurs
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Osprey Publishing (GB, 2018)
Série :	Combat Aircraft (124)
ISBN :	9781472820426

Sunderland

Short Brothers, l'un des premiers constructeurs d'avions commerciaux, a joué un rôle clé dans l'histoire de l'aviation. Son modèle le plus emblématique, l'hydravion Short Sunderland, est entré en service dans la RAF en 1938 et est devenu un atout crucial pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Alors que le Coastal Command exploitait près de 50 types d'avions, seul le Sunderland est resté en première ligne du premier au dernier jour de la guerre. Sa conception avancée a assuré un service continu dans la RAF jusqu'en 1958 et dans la RNZAF pendant près d'une décennie. Le Sunderland était l'hydravion le plus performant de la RAF et, finalement, son dernier.

Ce livre illustré, comportant plus de 260 images, explore la conception, le développement et l'histoire opérationnelle du Sunderland. Il couvre son rôle dans la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la guerre de Corée et son impact durable sur l'aviation. Le Sunderland reste un avion apprécié des passionnés d'aviation et de ceux qui ont servi à bord de la "reine des bateaux" de la RAF.

Remarque: il s'agit d'une nouvelle édition de "Aeroplane Icons: Sunderland".

Caractéristiques

Présentation :	96 pages, 24.5 x 17 cm, broché
Illustration :	abondamment illustré
Langue :	anglais
Editeur :	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Série :	Historic Military Aircraft (23)
ISBN :	9781802824582