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Aircraft Carriers

Art.nr: X12570
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For centuries, battle fleets were challenged only by other ships, but the coming of the aircraft changed all that. With a rapid development encouraged by war, the aircraft soon became a threat, a defence and an indispensable auxiliary. Operating necessarily beyond the range of shore-based air support, the fleets, led by the Royal Navy, learned how to carry their own aircraft and by the end of World War I the aircraft carrier as we know it today had properly come into being.

This unique and impressive encyclopedia is both a fascinating history of the aircraft carrier's development and a comprehensive country-by-country visual directory of more than 170 of the world's aviation ships over nearly a century.

The book's coverage follows the definition of an aircraft carrier as "a ship whose primary function is to operate aircraft", and includes, at one end of the chronological scale, kite balloon ships and airships and, at the other, the many types of modern ships that carry aircraft such as V/STOL jets and helicopters.

Each directory entry is accompanied by a specification panel detailing country of origin, the company that built the carrier, construction and completion dates, displacement, dimensions, types of aircraft carried, armament, power and performance. All the carriers are accompanied by identification photographs, many of which are full-colour and have never previously been published together in one volume.

With magnificent illustrations and up-to-date information, this book provides both enthusiasts and historians with key information about the world's aircraft carriers, and is an essential reference for everyone interested in naval aviation.

256 Sider - 30 x 23 cm - Hardback

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