The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning By Martin W. Bowman

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Martin W Bowman is one of Britains leading aviation authors with over 100 published books on the Second World War and post war aviation history and several on the landscape of East Anglia He has also established an international reputation for his superb imagery and aerial photography He has a passion for flying in military aircraft He lives in Norwich Norfolk Martin W Bowman is one of Britain s leading aviation authors with over 100 published books on the Second World War and post war aviation history and several on the landscape of East Anglia He has also established an international reputation for his superb imagery and aerial photography He has a passion for flying in military aircraft He lives in Norwich Norfolk site_link The early 1950s were a boom time for British aviation The lessons of six years of war had been learned and much of the research into jet engines radar and aerodynamics had begun to reach fruition In Britain jet engine technology led the world while wartime developments into swept wing design in Germany and their transonic research program were used to give western design teams a quantum leap in aircraft technology At English Electric Teddy Petter s design team were keen to capitalize on the success of their Canberra jet bomber and rose to the challenge of providing a high speed interceptor for the RAF. The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning booklet Martin W Bowman describes the career of the Lightning in detail using first hand accounts of what it was like to fly and service this thoroughbred Illustrated with over 200 color and b w photographs appendices listing Lightning squadrons production totals individual aircraft histories and with the first in depth analysis into why a third of all Lightnings were lost The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning is a fine record of the last truly great all British fighter The Men Who Flew the English Electric Lightning.