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Empire of the Clouds

Paperback • 2011 • English

Empire of the Clouds

By James Hamilton-Paterson

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About the book

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fighter. The Hawker Hunter, the most beautiful fighter-jet ever built and the Lightning, which could zoom ten miles above the clouds in a couple of minutes and whose pilots rated flying it as better ...Show more

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ISBN

9780571247950

Publisher

Faber Faber

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Empire of the Clouds

Format

Paperback

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