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• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - GeneralIn the latter half of World War Two, the War Cabinet sanctioned the formation of a committee to consider a post-war world of ai...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialIn 1916, William Boeing officially incorporated his new aircraft business. He successfully sold aircraft to the United State...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialIn January 1955, an industry-wide call from American Airlines for a new aircraft resulted in Lockheed's newest creation - th...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialIt is fair to say that the DC-3 was the very first true airliner, and it paved the way for the hundreds of increasingly adva...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryWhile not the first aircraft manufacturer in Britain, Bristol had the distinct advantage of being created by a well-established...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpacePrompted by a request from Howard Hughes (and TWA) in 1939, Lockheed's team broke the mold of early airliner desig...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceGreat Britain was once filled with a plethora of aircraft manufacturers. The seeds of many of them were sown as th...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceFounded in 1910, A. V. Roe and Company Limited built its first military aircraft two years later. By 1914, the com...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialOn 20 August 1963, the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) One-Eleven flew for the first time. There was a lot riding on this...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceCurtiss, as a company, contributed a great deal in establishing the US aircraft industry firmly on the world stage...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceThe Westland Lysander is one of Britain's, if not the world's, most easily recognizable aircraft. Originally desig...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing Ltd • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceFighter aircraft truly came of age during the World War Two era and many of these machines passed into leg...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceAs an engineering company, the name of Vickers had been around since 1828, so its venture into aviation was just o...

• Author(s): Key Publishing • Publisher: Key Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Key Publishing • BISAC: Military - Aviation & SpaceOne of the many ingredients required for creating a great aircraft company is the ability to diversify, and this w...