Harrier

The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of conflicts, most famously the Falklands War.

Jonathan Glancey's biography is a vividly enjoyable account of the invention of this remarkable aeroplane and a fitting tribute to the inspiration and determination of the men and women who created it, and the bravery of the men who flew it, often in the most dangerous conditions.

Summary

A new and boldly original history of the iconic aircraft, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography.

Report

A wonderfully entertaining book, a rich mixture of science, social history and politics written with the verve, expertise and infectious enthusiasm we have come to expect from Glancey. Unlike the politicians and the MoD, this man knows what he is doing. Patrick Bishop Sunday Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Glancey, Glancey Jonathan
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.05.2014
• EAN: 9781843548928
• ISBN: 978-1-84354-892-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: 1x8pp b/w plates§1x8pp colour plates
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Military vehicles, aircraft, ships; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); History, Europe, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, military history, HISTORY / Military / Aviation, Military vehicles, Air forces and warfare, Modern warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Aircraft and aviation