Blackburn Buccaneer (Crowood Aviation Series) - Hardcover

Darling, Kev

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1861268718 ISBN 13: 9781861268716

Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Conceived in the 1950s as a replacement for the Supermarine Scimitar, the Blackburn Buccaneer went into service with the Royal Navy as its main carrier-borne nuclear strike aircraft. But with a diminishing role to play in world affairs, and a reduction in the number of aircraft carriers, the Navy disposed of its Buccaneers to the RAF, where they went on to become one of the Force's most successful and best-loved aircraft.

About this title

Synopsis:

Conceived in the 1950s as a replacement for the Supermarine Scimitar, the Blackburn Buccaneer went into service with the Royal Navy as its main carrier-borne nuclear strike aircraft. But with a diminishing role to play in world affairs, and a reduction in the number of aircraft carriers, the Navy disposed of its Buccaneers to the RAF, where they went on to become one of the Force's most successful and best-loved aircraft. This complete history of the Buccaneer takes the reader from first proposals and the original production S.1 to the final fling of the type as a laser target aircraft during the first Gulf War.

About the Author:

Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar. Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1861268718
• ISBN 13: 9781861268716
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200