Fonthill Media has published 'Boulton Paul Aircraft Since 1915' written by Alec Brew

”The old Norwich firm of Boulton & Paul began building FE.2b aircraft in 1915 and then Sopwith Camels. Their own design department, started in 1917 under Chief Engineer J. D. North, earned a reputation for innovation. They built the first all-metal aircraft delivered to the RAF: the P.15 Bolton,
the largest aircraft ever built in Great Britain at the time; the R.101 airship; and a series of superb medium bombers, the last of which was the Overstrand with the world’s first powered gun turret. Moving to Wolverhampton as Boulton Paul Aircraft, they produced the famous Defiant fighter and a range of gun turrets, which led to them becoming world leaders in flying power controls and fly-by-wire. Their last production aircraft was the Balliol trainer, the first single engine turboprop in the world to fly. Merging with Dowty in 1960, the company was taken over several times and eventually became part of GE who sold the product line to Moog Aviation who still operate in Wolverhampton
today.”
FM

The contents contain:
• The definitive history of Boulton Paul aircraft with over 400
illustrations, many never seen before
• Boulton Paul made up to seventy Sopwith Camels a week
• It designed and manufactured the Defiant fighter and 20,000 gun
turrets
• The result of over 30 years of research in the Company’s archives

Publication: 2 March 2020
Author: Alec Brew
Price: £45.00/$65.00
ISBN: 978-1-78155-751-8
Size: 248 x 172 mm
Binding: Hardback
Extent: 404 pages
Illustrations: 164 mono
Rights: World, all languages

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