24 fabulous cutaway drawings of British aircraft and power plants

Foreword by the Editor of " The Aeroplane. "

Since its beginnings " THE AEROPLANE " has followed a policy of providing its readers with detailed drawings of aircraft and aero - engine construction. These have become famous all over the World and in order to meet the demand for reprints the most popular have been collected and published here in book form.

In this edition are twenty - four drawings by J.H. Clark, Leslie Cresswell, W.J. Everest and Theo Page, which have appeared in " The AEROPLANE " over the past two or three years. They cover a wide field. Fourteen are devoted to aircraft and ten to power plants. The first section includes the latest types of British air liners, military aircraft, such as fighters and transport, as well as flying - boats. The power - plant section contains examples of the latest designs of turbo - jet and prop - jet units to be released as well as the more recent designs of piston engine. ( ... )

THURSTAN JAMES.

Aircraft

Armstrong Whitworth A.W. 52

Airspeed Ambassador

Avro Tudor II

Bristol 170 Freighter

de Havilland Hornet F. Mk. I

de Havilland Vampire F. Mk. I

Fairey Firefly F. Mk. I

Gloster Meteor F. Mk. IV

Handley Page Hermes

Hawker Tempest F. Mk. V

Miles Marathon

Short Shetland II

Supermarine Seagull

Vickers-Armstrongs Viking 1B

Aero-Engines (Piston)

Bristol Centaurus

Napier Sabre IIA

Rolls-Royce Griffon 65

Rolls-Royce Eagle 22

Aero-Engines (Turbine)

Armstrong Siddeley Mamba

de Havilland Goblin

de Havilland Ghost

Metropolitan-Vickers F.2 series IV

Rolls-Royce Derwent I

Rolls-Royce Nene I

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