About the Author
Jonathan Falconer lives in Wiltshire and is a publisher and author who specialises in the history of the RAF. He has written more than twenty books and has a particular interest in RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War.
Obras de Jonathan Falconer
De Havilland Mosquito: 1940 onwards (all marks) - An insight into developing, flying, servicing and restoring… (2013) 31 cópias
Bomber Command Operations Manual: Insights Into the Organisation, Equipment, Men, Machines and Tactics of RAF Bomber… (2018) 17 cópias
D-Day 'Neptune', 'Overlord' and the Battle of Normandy: Insights into how science, technology and… (2013) 15 cópias
Royal Air Force 100 Technical Innovations Manual (Haynes Technical Innovations Manual) (2017) 15 cópias
Short Stirling 1939-48 (all marks): An insight into the design, construction and operation of the RAF's first… (1712) 11 cópias
D-Day Operations Manual: 'Neptune', 'Overlord' and the Battle of Normandy - 75th Anniversary Edition: Insights into how… (2019) 7 cópias
British Infantryman Operations Manual: The British and Commonwealth soldier 1939-1945 (all models) - An insight into… (2020) 5 cópias
Mayflower Enthusiasts' Manual: The Pilgrim Fathers' historic voyage of 1620 - The Founding Fathers, colonising the New… (2020) 4 cópias
BOEING 747 1 exemplar(es)
RAF Bomber Command 1939-1945 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1961
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Bath, Wiltshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Bradford-on-Avon, UK
- Educação
- Fitzmaurice Grammar School
- Ocupação
- writer
publisher
Membros
Resenhas
This booklet very much represents Osprey at their best, when an author with a demonstrated track record regarding the subject gives you a good narrative summation of said topic. About the only thing that I would have liked to have heard a little more about from on Falconer was just what issues the Stirling had in regards to reliability. From other reading I know that the RAF had issues with Short as a manufacturer, particularly in regards to their Belfast operations, which was something of a sacred cow into the 1960s for political issues.… (mais)
This photographic history is very good. The book is a large hardcover, leaving lots of room for two-page spreads to showcase Concorde in all its glory. Directional arrows make it clear which captions refer to which photos, and all photos are credited in their captions. The text is succinct and informative, and overall it was a great book. The only quibble I have (and this is something that comes up in other aviation books, not just this one) is that if a photograph is of an instrument panel and the caption is discussing a specific instrument, that instrument should be circled on the panel so that the uninitiated reader can find it more easily. But overall, this was a good book and I’d recommend it.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 36
- Membros
- 342
- Popularidade
- #69,721
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 47
100 innovations, each with a 2 page illustrated spread, chosen from the century of the RAF. Some are obvious, large topics and handled briefly (radar, jet engines, A-A missiles), others are very obscure (Kilfrost, panel fasteners) and this may be the most visible description of them available. The majority are topics that many readers will recognise, but will enjoy an explanation behind the name (infrared decoy flares, Hardened Aircraft Shelters). I was impressed by this book and found it pitched at just the right level.… (mais)