
Empire of the Clouds
About this book
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?
Subjects
Aircraft industryJet planesAeronautics, great britainJet planes, militaryHistoryDesign and constructionMilitary Jet planes