{"product_id":"boulton-paul-1917-1961-les-whitehouse-9781910809488","title":"Boulton Paul 1917-1961","description":"A prolific sub-contractor building airframes during the First World War, Boulton \u0026amp; Paul entered the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003efield of design and manufacture in 1917 with the formation of an Aeronautical and Research Division\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eunder John Dudley North. Never destined to be one of the big players, they produced a relatively\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003emodest output of prototype aircraft and then in 1937 a series of bombers and a small batch of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ecivilian two seaters. The relatively unsuccessful Defiant was their best known aircraft.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHowever, hidden from public view was a prolific output of proposals, trials and inventions. From\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebiplane fighters through the novel turret fighters and into the supersonic age with VTOL lift-fan jets, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoulton Paul were always at the forefront of development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased upon over 60 years of research, this book recounts many of these radical and innovative\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eprojects using development layouts, final schemes, drawings and photographs of mock-ups, models\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand prototype airframes. Many projects are recreated in CAD and other drawings by the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003epreviously an apprentice and a technical engineer with the company and archivist of the Boulton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book sheds much new light on the activities of a hitherto often overlooked company which was\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ein many respects at the forefront of aeronautical innovation in Britain for several decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Whitehouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910809489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910809488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crecy Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.29h x 8.93w x 0.94d","brand":"Les Whitehouse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45482019651839,"sku":"9781910809488","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b8a0509f-6b4b-4483-8caf-2b65f74370ce.jpg?v=1715988340","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/boulton-paul-1917-1961-les-whitehouse-9781910809488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}