Mount of Aces: The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781551154 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mike O'Connor said Giving the S.E.5a Its Due!. Though it never received the publicity accorded to its Sopwith Camel stablemate, the S.E.5a was one of the greatest British fighters of World War I. Its slab-sided functionality lacked the sexiness of the Camel yet it was the preferred mount of many of the top-scoring British aces such as Mannock, McCudden, Beauchamp-Proctor and McElroy. Paul Hare serves up a wide-ranging, insightful and nicely-illustrated tribute to that singular fighter in MOUNT OF ACES, THE ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY . o. migillicuddy said I'd rather walk than fly a Camel!. That is the conclusion that I come after reading this excellent history of the SE5a. They were contemporaries, and the Camel got the publicity, but most forget that it killed as many of its own pilots as it did of the enemy. I have a bit more flying experience than the average WW1 pilot did when arriving at the front. I think I could handle a SE5; I wouldn't want to attempt the Camel. There are more examples of this: The Hurricane and the Spitfire, the FW190 and the ME109; the F6F He. "A lot of technical information without getting to heavy." according to Paul Poulsen. A lot of technical information without getting to heavy. As I will be building a replica I found the book interesting , particularly with the developments and manufacturing detail. Well worth the money.
. A professional engineer, Paul R. He has been also involved in the management of several aviation museums and has advised on a number of reconstruction and restoration projects. He has lectured both in England and in the USA on a variety of topics related to early military aviation and has written several books, on the subject, as well as many ar
The S.E.5a was deadly. The Sopwith Camel may be the most celebrated British fighter plane of the First World War, but it was the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a that almost all the highest scoring aces, including McCudden and Mannock, preferred. 'Mick' Mannock scored fifty of his seventy-three victories in it. Not only could it absorb punishment, it could also deal it out with its .303 Vickers and .303 Lewis machine guns. It was well-armed, fast, highly maneuverable and a superb gun platform, and yet it was easy and safe for even the most sketchily trained pilot to fly. Today, all over the world, homebuilders are producing reproductions of the S.E.5a for sport and leisure flying; it is a fitting tribute to a design now nearly a century old, and an appropriate memorial to the thousands of pilots who flew it in combat over the trenches in defense of their country.. After the war, the type took part in air races and was employed in the 'sky-writings' industry for advertising purposes in both Britain and America. A formidable part of the Allied arsenal, the S.E.5a helped
He has been also involved in the management of several aviation museums and has advised on a number of reconstruction and restoration projects. About the Author A professional engineer, Paul R. He has lectured both in England and in the USA on a variety of topics related to early military aviation and has written several books, on the subject, as well as many articles for magazines and journals. . Hare has spent over 40 years researching the history of British Aviation in the first two decades of the 20th Century, and has built up an ext