Guy Warner

Gebundenes Buch

Lighter-Than-Air

The Life and Times of Wing Commander N.F. Usborne Rn, Pioneer of Naval Aviation

Beschreibung

* An outstanding biography, exploring the life and times of Neville Florian Usborne, one of the leading lights of early British airship design. * Deeply involved in the design of the SS and Coastal Class airships, his efforts had a direct bearing upon the eventual outcome of the First World War. *Tragically, he wasn't destined to personally wit

Autor

Guy Warner is a retired schoolteacher and former MOD civil servant, who grew up in Newtownabbey in Northern Ireland, attending Abbots Cross Primary School and Belfast High School before going to Leicester University and later Stranmillis College. He now lives in Greenisland, Co Antrim with his wife Lynda. He also has two grown up daughters and three grandchildren. He is the author of over twenty five books and booklets on aviation past and present and has written hundreds of articles for magazines in the UK, Ireland and the USA. He also reviews books for several publications, gives talks to local history societies etc and has appeared on TV and radio programmes, discussing aspects of aviation history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen & Sword Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9781473829022
• ISBN-10: 147382902X
• Artikelnr.: 44236338