Book of Westland Aircraft. Book of Miles Aircraft. Book of Bristol Aircraft. [3 volumes, 1945-46] A.H LUKINS British Airplanes RAF Aviation

Title: The Book of Westland Aircraft. The Book of Miles Aircraft. The Book of Bristol Aircraft. [3 volumes]

Author: Compiled by A. H. Lukins and edited by D. A. Russell

Description: Set of 3 volumes. Blue cloth boards. Light wear. Endpapers show light soiling, else interiors are clean and unmarked. Dust jackets show slight chipping at spine ends and corners; in clear archival sleeves. 27.5 x 21.5 cm.

Westland Aircraft - No publication date stated (presumed 1945). 104 pages; one leaf has tape repairs. Includes many fold-out illustrations. With introductory essay on the company and its manufacturing. The types dealt with range from the Wagtail Scout biplane of World War I to the Lysanders and Whirlwinds of the 1940s. Includes full specifications, photographs, and forty 3-view scale 1/72nd drawings. Foreword by Lord Brabazon of Tara. Illustrated with over 100 photographs.

Miles Aircraft - No publication date stated (presumed 1945). 88 pages. The Miles volume has a tape-repaired ffep (corner tear). Tells the story of one of the greatest manufacturers of training and light transport aircraft. Includes complete specifications, descriptions, photographs and 3-view scale 1/72nd drawings of every Miles airplane, up to the point of this publication, ranging from the little Martlet biplane to the Marathon airliner and experimental Libella aircraft.

Bristol Aircraft - Published November 1946. 140, [1], plus [6] pages advertising. Fist sixteen pages partially loose. With introductory essay on the company and its manufacturing. Illustrated with over 130 photographs and 3-view scale 1/72nd drawings.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good+

Publisher: Harborough Publishing Company
Place: Leicester
Year: 1946

Keywords: RAF, Royal Air Force, airplanes, British, manufacturers, aeroplane, history,