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Product details
- ISBN 9781781559123
- Weight: 1022g
- Dimensions: 172 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2025
- Publisher: Fonthill Media Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Philip Birtles joined the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School in 1957 as an engineering apprentice and worked as PA to John Cunningham, Second World War night fighter ace and chief test pilot. He went into marketing for aircraft and later weapons systems, followed by being appointed senior contracts executive on BAe.146 customer deliveries until Hatfield Aerodrome closed in 1993. Birtles wrote the first of some fifty books on aerospace subjects in 1980 and has been involved with the de Havilland Aircraft Museum as a volunteer for around fifty years.
