Vickers aircraft since 1908 ([Aeronautical books]) by Andrews, C. F. 5 Star read

ￂﾠHardcover in VG condition Contents clean and clear DJ has handling wear, CHIPS TO EDGES AND CORNERS.

The Vickers E.F.B.7 was a prototype British fighter aircraft of the First World War. A twin-engined biplane, the E.F.B.7 was unsuccessful, only a single example being built. In August 1914, following the outbreak of the First World War, the British pioneer aircraft designer Howard Flanders was hired by Vickers Limited as an aircraft designer, with his first job to design a fighting aircraft to carry a Vickers 1 pounder (37 mm) cannon. (This was not the well-known pom-pom, but a smaller and lighter long recoil cannon firing less powerful ammunition.) Flanders produced a twin engined development of his earlier Flanders B.2 single-engined biplane, the E.F.B.7 (Experimental Fighting Biplane No.7).

• Publisher : Putnam; First Edition (1 Jan. 1969)
• Language : English
• Hardcover : 576 pages
• Review
• This is an excellent account of Vickers Aircraft up to the normal standard expected from Putnam Books. There are plenty of photos and very useful scale drawings. I was extremely pleased to get a second hand book in such good condition as cheaply as I did.