Philip Birtles joined the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1957 and spent most of his career in the British aerospace industry, mainly in the marketing role. He is the author of some fifty books on aviation and has been a volunteer at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum for about fifty years. One of his interests is photography of aircraft, and there are many examples in this book going back many years, starting in black & white and progressing to colour.
Description
Introduction; Acronyms; 1 Jet Fighter Development; 2 Hunter Design and Development; 3 RAF Service Introduction; 4 The F.Mk.6; 5 Two-seat Hunters; 6 The FGA.9 and FR.10; 7 Navy GA.11s; 8 Hunter Exports; 9 The Jet Set; Appendix I Hunter Survivors, UK; Appendix II Hunter Production; Appendix III RAF and FAA Units; Appendix IV Specifications; Further Reading.