The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation write by Takeshi Sakade. This book was released on 2021-12-09. The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sakade challenges the narrative that the focus of British manufacturing went "from Empire to Europe" and argues rather that, following the Second World War, the key relationship was in fact trans-Atlantic. There is a commonly accepted belief that, during the twentieth century, British manufacturing declined irreparably, that Britain lost its industrial hegemony. But this is too simplistic. In fact, in the decades after 1945, Britain staked out a new role for itself as a key participant in a US-led process of globalisation. Far from becoming merely a European player, the UK actually managed to preserve a key share in a global market, and the British defence industry was, to a large extent, successfully rehabilitated. Sakade returns to the original scholarly parameters of the decline controversy, and especially questions around post-war decline in the fields of high technology and the national defence industrial base. Using the case of the strategically critical military and civil aircraft industry, he argues that British industry remained relatively robust. A valuable read for historians of British aviation and more widely of 20th century British Industry.
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry
Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry write by J Paul Hodgson. This book was released on 2021-03-03. Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “The rich and diverse history of the British aircraft industry is captured in superb detail by the author in this weighty tome.” —Aviation News Great Britain’s aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer to design and build an aeroplane “for commercial gain.” This book tells the complete story of the 110 years since the start, all the companies formed and the aircraft they produced, highlighting the advances in aeronautical ambition and technology. It is the story of the creation, survival and decline of all one hundred and twenty-three of the aircraft design and construction companies formed between 1908 and 2018. The exhilaration of success and the magic of aviation technology are vividly illustrated by the technical and political birth stories of iconic projects, such as the Cirrus/Gypsy Moths, the Tiger Moth, the flying boats of Imperial Airways, Spitfire, Lancaster, Viscount, Vulcan, Harrier, Buccaneer and many more. The rotary wing industry is not forgotten. The birth of the jet turbine engine and the quest for supersonic speed is included. The stories of the disappointments of failure and disaster, such as the Brabazon, Comet, Princess, Rotodyne and TSR-2, and the growth of international collaboration in Concorde, Tornado, Airbus, Eurofighter Typhoon and other projects are included, in the context of the international scene and domestic politics. The conclusion highlights the prominent reminiscences and speculates on the future of the aircraft industry in Britain. “An outstanding reference book and a thoroughly enjoyable canter through the decades, from the days of wood and fabric to the modern composite structure of the wings of the A400 Atlas.” —RAF Historical Society
Britain and the Political Economy of European Military Aerospace Collaboration, 1960–2023
Britain and the Political Economy of European Military Aerospace Collaboration, 1960–2023 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Britain and the Political Economy of European Military Aerospace Collaboration, 1960–2023 write by Keith Hayward. This book was released on 2023-07-13. Britain and the Political Economy of European Military Aerospace Collaboration, 1960–2023 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The UK has been collaborating with international, primarily European partners in the design, development and production of advanced combat aircraft for over sisty years. Driven by a combination of rising costs and limited domestic markets, collaboration has also been a highly political act involving a combination of national, industrial and technological interests. Over the years, the form of collaboration has evolved, in some cases leading to the creation of transnational companies. The UK has been a pioneer of globalisation in the defence industry, establishing a strong presence inside the US defence market and has become a significant partner with American companies in key military aerospace programmes. This has contributed to divisions within the European military aerospace industry which are likely to continue into the next generation of combat aircraft.
The British Aircraft Industry
The British Aircraft Industry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British Aircraft Industry write by Keith Hayward. This book was released on 1989. The British Aircraft Industry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A View from the Wings
A View from the Wings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A View from the Wings write by Colin Cruddas. This book was released on 2012-10-01. A View from the Wings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyhood in which aircraft flying constantly overhead played a large part. This experience led to a lifetime career in the aviation industry both in the UK and overseas such as the US and South Africa. Mixed with events of a more personal nature often coated with whimsical humour, the author has evocatively captured the rise and demise of Britain's aircraft industry in the post-war period. In setting out to be non-technical, A View from the Wings will appeal to those whose memories embrace the sound barrier-breaking years and the leap of faith and technology that saw Concorde defeat the Americans in the race to produce a practical supersonic airliner. All too often political procurement and technical failures have made for dramatic headlines and these too are subjected to much critical comments. Think of the critically acclaimed Empire of the Clouds (Faber and Faber, 2010), but instead of a boyhood observer, the author was an active part of the British aviation industry in its former prime and eventual implosion.
