On the edge of flight : a lifetime in the development of engineering of aircraft / Eric Absolon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Absolon, Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gloster Aircraft Company.

Aircraft industry--Great Britain--History.

Aircraft industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2013.

Summary:

This is the story of Eric William Absolon, a relentlessly enthusiastic Aviation champion, whose lifelong love of aircraft has never wavered throughout his long and varied career. From boyhood fascination to the adult realization of his ambitions, this first-hand account takes in some of the key events of the dynamic period of twentieth century history which the author lived and worked through. Working his way up the ranks of the Gloster Aircraft Company, Absolon was able to see all the component processes of Aircraft production. The insight he provides into the inner workings of this busting c

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Loss of Peter Lawrence; Chapter 2 How It All Began; Chapter 3 War; Chapter 4 Gloster Aircraft Co.; Chapter 5 Dowty Equipment Ltd; Chapter 6 Return to Gloster's; Chapter 7 The Engineering Systems; Chapter 8 Loss of Meteors in Service; Chapter 9 The Boscombe Down Incident; Chapter 10 The Time of Change; Chapter 11 The End of an Era; Chapter 12 After Gloster's; Chapter 13 Flying as a Passenger; Chapter 14 Aljac Engineering Ltd

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473825468

1473825466

9781473816862

1473816866