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AviationBritish Airshows 2006 features all the action and spectacle from the biggest and best air shows in Britain this year including Flying Legends, the very special Spitfire 70th anniversary Air show at Duxford, Farnborough International 2006, The Royal international Air Tattoo from Fairford and many ...Keywords: spitfire, duxford, farnborough, tattoo, fairford | |
RailwaysIn its early years, the Caterham branch was an uneconomical rural single line. Tattenham Corner was not reached until this century, the branch being exceptionally busy on Epsom Race days. Both lines have spawned extensive residential development, the resulting station alterations and rolling stock ... From the series London Suburban RailwaysKeywords: caterham, tattenham, purley, caterham, tattenham, epsom, race, purley, caterham, tattenham, caterham, chipstead, kenley, kingswood, purley, purley, smitham, tadworth, tattenham, whyteleaf, whyteleaf, woodmansterne | |
RailwaysFrom the windswept plains of Castile to the barren industrial wastelands of Huelva, the central hinterland of Spain once boasted an impressive network of narrow gauge railways. With the exception of one short electrified line to the north of Madrid, all these railways have been consigned to ...Keywords: spain, castile, huelva, windswept, castile, barren, huelva, hinterland, spain, madrid, organ, castile, aragon, madird, valdepenas, penarroya, granada, seville, huelva | |
MaritimeCoastal Command along with Bomber Command and Fighter Command represented an element in the Royal Air Force's major contribution to Britain's military efforts during World War 2. However, its achievements are less familiar than those of Fighter Command, but its contribution was perhaps even ...Keywords: bomber, fighter, fighter, campaign, kriegsmarine, food | |
RailwaysRailways were very much in the blood' John Eric Robinson (dad), born in Crewe in 1902, the second child and the eldest son of John Robinson, assistant chief electrical engineer to the London & North Western Railway. John Robinson was in turn the eldest son of the redoubtable (and famous) Ben ...Keywords: blood, crewe, hardwicke, race, wembley, euston, school, lnwr, willesden, span, chester, holyhead, llandudno, fitter, fitter, rhyl, shedmaster, sowerby, yorkshire, shedmaster, stud, council, bicycle, standby, shedmaster, solomon, trevithick, stubbornness, stephenson, patton, counteract, willesden, llandudno, wartime, post-war | |
Trams, BusesDoncaster had recently undergone its first major change from a small market town into a centre of industrial importance when trams first appeared in 1902. This change was due in no small part to the establishment of a large engine repair works in the town in 1852-3 by the Great Northern Railway ...Keywords: doncaster, doncaster, council, doncaster, tram, doncaster, tram, trolleybus, flexible, adapt, doncaster, urban, tuffrey, wheatley, balby, warmsworth, beckett, bentley, brodsworth, hexthorpe, hyde, oxford, race | |
AviationWith an unmistakable design and classic natural metal finish the English Electric Lightning is a powerful example of the enormous capabilities of post-war British aeronautical design. First developed in response to a requirement in 1947, English Electric's design was so radical that it was ...Keywords: interceptor, post-war, farnborough, all-british, all-british, single-seat, fighter, exceed, mach, mclelland, lineage, twilight | |
AviationExperimental and Prototype U.S. Air Force Jet Fighters examines the development of fighter airframes and engines since the end of World War II. The book covers each design that reached the hardware development stage and received an 'XF' or 'YF' designation from the Air Force. Sometimes the ...Keywords: fighter, hardware, airframe, f-86, sabre, convair, xp-92, ducted-rocket, interceptor, fighter, never-before-seen, fighter, landis, fighter, all-weather, long-range | |
RailwaysF.W. Webb was one of the great railway engineers of the 19th century. When still in his early thirties, he was appointed head of the locomotives department of the London & North Western Railway and retained the position until he retired over 30years later. It was a time of great expansion, ... From the series Oakwood Library Of Railway HistoryKeywords: webb, webb, lnwr, pioneer, steel, inventor, crewe, webb, crewe, hindsight, controversy, webb, biography, chacksfield, biographer, energy, lnwr, chasfield, fbis, afaiaa, bolton, crewe, crewe, three-cylinder, politics | |
AviationFirst flown in 1956 and entering service in 1959, the MiG-21 Fishbed has proved to be one of the most successful of all Soviet era jet fighters, seeing service not only with the Soviet air force but with numerous other air forces worldwide. Among jet fighters, the MiG-21 holds a wide range of ... From the series Famous Russian AircraftKeywords: russian, mikoyan, mig-21, mig-21, soviet, soviet, mig-21, mig-21, ye-2, china, paid, mig-21s, combat, vietnam, arab-israeli, indo-pakistani, africa, chinese, pakistan, lanka, iraq, iran, soviet, mig-21, fighter, northrop, f-5e, freedom, fighter, vietnam, soviet, mig-21, mock, combat, fly-off, rude, soviet, mig-21, mig-21s, state-of-the-art, avionics, romania, nato, india, fighter, russian, critics, squadron, attract, yefim, soviet, mig-21, mig-21, mig-21, mig-21 | |
Aviation, MilitaryDrawing upon the huge and comprehensive archive held by the Imperial War Museum in London, the author portrays the history of Fighter Command, year by year, from the outbreak of war in September 1939 through to the ultimate Allied victory in Europe in May 1945. Fighter Command's war winning ...Keywords: fighter, fighter, fighter, bomber | |
AviationA rare insight into the training all Luftwaffe aircrew and specialists had to pass through before participating in active service. All levels of the Luftwaffe training system before and during the war are covered including elementary and advanced training schools, fighter, bomber, dive-bomber and ...Keywords: luftwaffe, luftwaffe, aircrew, luftwaffe, fighter, bomber, dive-bomber, ground-attack, fighter, artwork, luftwaffe, barry, ketley | |
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