Empire of the clouds -  James Hamilton-Paterson

When Britains aircraft ruled the world

KORTE INHOUD

In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of jet aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. How did Britain so lose the plot that today there is not a single aircraft manufacturer of any significance in the country? And what was it like to be alive in that marvellous post-war moment?
2011 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2011 Uitgever: Faber and Faber 376 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0571247954 ISBN-13: 9780571247950