Library Additions
Library Additions
The future of NATO airpower: how are future capabilities within the alliance diverging and how can interoperability be maintained by Justin Bronk, RUSI, 2019, 73pp.
A review of NATO members’ actual and projected capabilities. After reviewing the homegrown problems and the alliance’s adversaries, the paper groups together the medium nations and the smaller states and examines the position of the ‘big player’, the US.
Case study 1: The Harrier family by A H Fraser-Mitchell, Kingston University, 1993, 1 v.
Written by one of the engineers behind the project, the item is a discussion on the background to the development of the Harrier from the design point of view. The implications of using a vectored thrust engine for an aircraft are explored and some of the features of the aircraft are described. As far as possible, the reasons underlying the various design decisions are given. It also contains copies of diagrams, graphs and cutaways produced by the manufacturers. The item was designed as a guide to a case study as a part of Kingston University’s BEng (Hons) Aerospace students.
‘Bloody Paralyser’: The Handley Page Type ‘O’ twin engine bomber by A H Fraser-Mitchell, 2010, 18pp.
A history of the Handley Page O/100 and O/400 bombers.
Mikoyan MiG-31: The full story of the Foxhound by Y Gordon and D Komissarov, Hikoki, 2020, 320pp.
A beautifully illustrated guide to the history, development and service of the Russian two-seat interceptor. Also includes information about the later variants and a guide to the aircraft, both inside and outside the cockpit.
BN-2 Islander: 50 years on, a brief history of BrittenNorman by B Wealthy and A Wright, Britten-Norman Aircraft Preservation Society, 2015, 23pp.
A short history of BrittenNorman, highlighting early projects, the BN-2 Islander and the BN-3 Nymph.
The Britten-Norman BN-2A Mk.III Trislander: a triumph of ingenuity, Solent Aeromarine Enterprise, 2nd edition, 2011, 16pp.
A short history of G-ATWU, which was a converted Britten-Norman BN-2 Mk III Islander put into a three-engined configuration concept.
Macchi C.205V of 352nd Squadron at Capoterra, Sardinia, in July 1943. Aeronautica Militare.
Veltro: 1942-1981 by Aeronautica Macchi, Aeronautica Macchi, 1981, 43pp.
A history in Italian of the Macchi C.205V, containing a selection of archives from across the years.
Advanced STOL aircraft: Fan lift, mechanical flap, augmenter wing, externally blow flap, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited, 1973?, 1 v.
An internal guide to four civil aircraft concepts pursued by the Hatfield Division of Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
Concorde: Airport noise and silencing programme, Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale and Rolls-Royce (1971) Ltd, October 1972, 86pp.
Future developments in aerospace technology by F W Page, 1981?, 39pp.
A lecture script with slides which predicts developments in the aviation sector up to 2000, including aeroplanes, helicopters, guided weapons and space design. The lecture was delivered to the Open University’s Conference on future developments in technology in 2000.
People in aerospace: Meeting today’s challenges by Frank Turner, Lucas Industries, 1995, 24pp.
An illustrated version of the 1995 Brabazon Lecture which suggested the motivations behind those employed in the aerospace engineering sector.
