Buy this book on-line LAMING,TIM: : Buccaneer: The story of the last all-British strike aircraftUK.YEOVIL,SOMERSET.PATRICK STEPHENS LIMITED,1998. ISBN 1852604786.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj panels,with b/w lettering to front,white lettering to spine and rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a dark blue +white striped headband and immaculate b/w line illustrated eps - schematic views of aircraft (Buccaneer S2B).UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,10-200pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters,b/w diagrams/illustrations, contemporary b/w+colour photographs interspersed throughout the text and the book,appendices (I-II),and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title with b/w photograph to its verso,title page also with b/w photograph to its verso,contents list/table with acknowledgements to its verso,an intro again and also,with b/w photograph to its verso.
Developed for the Royal Navy at the height of the Cold War,the Blackburn Buccaneer was designed to fly low and fast,to deliver deadly nuclear weapons to Soviet naval targets.Although the aircraft was regarded as less than perfect when it first entered service,the design was quickly developed into the Buccaneer S2 which was widely recognised as being a highly capable and potent strike aircraft.As such,it was the last carrier-borne attack aircraft to be produced specifically for the Fleet Air Arm.
Although much-loved by the Royal Navy,the Royal Air Force countered strong political pressure to purchase the Buccaneer,and it was not until the 1970s that the RAF grudgingly adopted the type as a low-level strike aircraft and conventional bomber. However,after it entered service the RAF rapidly changed its views and realised the Buccaneer was in fact a truly outstanding machine,ideally suited to its requirements. It went on to enjoy a long and distinguished career which ended shortly after an unexpected operational deployment in the 1991 Gulf War.
A victim of politics,the Buccaneer's export success was confined to South Africa where it was operated for many years, despite the difficulties of an arms embargo imposed shortly after entering service. Ironically,today it is now only in South Africa where the Buccaneer can still be seen in the air,flying under civilian owner ship.A classic design which in many respects is still unbeatable,the Buccaneer was the ultimate example of all-British strike aircraft design.
Tim Laming is an established aviation author and photographer,specialising in modern military subjects.He has written more than a dozen books on various aviation topics and is also an occasional contributor to the aviation press.
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