An edition of Empire of the Clouds (2011)
Empire of the clouds
when Britain's aircraft ruled the world
By James Hamilton-Paterson
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Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Language
eng
Pages
396
Description:
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?