{"product_id":"british-aircraft-carriers-design-development-and-service-histories-9781591140740","title":"British Aircraft Carriers: Design  Development and Service Histories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class  currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each class  with full technical details  and there are extensive summaries of every ships career. Apart from the obvious large-deck carriers  the book also includes seaplane carriers  escort carriers and MAC ships  the maintenance ships built on carrier hulls  unbuilt projects  and the modern LPH. It concludes with a look at the future of naval aviation  while numerous appendices summarize related subjects like naval aircraft  recognition markings and the circumstances surrounding the loss of every British carrier. As befits such an important reference work  it is heavily illustrated with a magnificent gallery of photos and plans  some reproduced in color.  Written by the leading historian of British carrier aviation  himself a retired Fleet Air Arm pilot  it displays the authority of a lifetimes research combined with a practical understanding of the issues surrounding the design and operation of aircraft carriers. British Aircraft Carriers is certain to become the standard work on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651710017589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1591140749","price":161.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781591140740.jpg?v=1781837903","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/british-aircraft-carriers-design-development-and-service-histories-9781591140740","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}