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advanced terrain following
aircraft. aeroplane
airplane
ATF
Author_John Forbat
aviation history
british aviation
cancellation
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Category=WGM
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plane
the cold war
TSR2
weybridge
Product details
- ISBN 9780752439198
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2006
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Included are details on the ground-breaking navigation and attack system, its Cold War context, its requirements and the development of ATF (advanced terrain following), and in-depth analysis of automatic flight control systems, analogue and digital simulations at Weybridge and the reconnaissance pack for mapping enemy territory. It finishes with a look at the final throes of TSR2's cancellation by the Labour government in 1965. ‘This fascinating personal account of the behind the scenes action at Vickers during the heyday of British aviation and weaponry invention in the 1950s and 1960s is both authoritative and very, very readable.’ Wg Cdr Al Monkman, D.F.C., M.A., B.A., R.A.F., 617 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth, Moray.
