THE SECRET YEARS — Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945
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Comprehensive account of classified aircraft testing at Boscombe Down 1939-1945, covering over 1,500 British, American and German aircraft tested by A&AEE. Features 500 photographs and detailed descriptions of armament trials.
Characteristics
| ISBN-10 | 0951989995 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( round back binding ) Dust jacket |
| Condition |
NOS (NEW old stock) |
| Author(s) | Tim Mason |
| Publisher | Hikoki Publications |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Published date | 1998 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 21.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm |
Description
This is the story of the highly classified work of the A&AEE (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment) at Boscombe Down and the intense, ever-expanding business of testing aircraft and their varied armaments in wartime.
Every one of over 1,500 British, American, and German aircraft of the RAF, Fleet Air Arm, Army, and the Luftwaffe which were tested at Boscombe Down is covered. Using much new material and some 500 photographs—many previously secret and unpublished—the book examines unusual variants of standard service aircraft types, as well as purely experimental machines, along with the trials of their guns, bombs, rockets, and equipment, all described in detail.