BRITISH BIRD FARMS

BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIERS Design, Development, and Service Histories

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 Bird farms are not the exclusive province of the American Navy. The Brits have been a bit short in the bird farm business of late but are coming back aboard with the new QUEEN ELIZABETH class. (See our related posts  Final Deposition of the SARATOGA ,  ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF THE MICHELIN GUIDE TO BIRD FARMS, MY CARRIER VIDEO IS WAY COOLER THAN YOURS , THE MICHELIN GUIDE TO BIRD FARMS

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

"This book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class, with full technical details, and there are extensive summaries of every ship's career. Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers, the book also includes seaplane carriers, escort carriers and MAC ships, the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls, unbuilt projects, and the modern LPH. It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation, while numerous appendices summarize related subjects like naval aircraft, recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier. As befits such an important reference work, it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans, some reproduced in color.

Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation, himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot, it displays the authority of a lifetime's research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers. British Aircraft Carriers is certain to become the standard work on the subject."

AAB RECOMMENDED FOR SERIOUS STUDENTS OF NAVAL HISTORY ESPECIALLY THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL NAVY, INTERESTING READ AND AN EXCELLENT PERMANENT REFERENCE

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