Blackburn Buccaneer

by Darling, Kev

• ISBN13: 9781861268716
• ISBN10: 1861268718
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-21
• Publisher: Crowood Pr

Summary

Conceived in the 1950s as a replacement for the Supermarine Scimitar, the Blackburn Buccaneer went into service with the Royal Navy as its main carrier-borne nuclear strike aircraft. But with a diminishing role to play in world affairs, and a reduction in the number of aircraft carriers, the Navy disposed of its Buccaneers to the RAF, where they went on to become one of the Force's most successful and best-loved aircraft. This complete history of the Buccaneer takes the reader from first proposals and the original production S.1 to the final fling of the type as a laser target aircraft during the first Gulf War.

Author Biography

Kev Darling spent more than twenty years in the Royal Air Force, engineering aircraft ranging in size from the Tiger Moth to the TriStar. Medically discharged after the first Gulf War he strengthened his writing career, which he had begun in 1986.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	p. 6
Introduction and Acknowledgements	p. 7
Naval Warfare - the Evolution of the Aircraft at Sea	p. 9
Building the Fleet Air Arm's Big Iron	p. 16
Pirate of the Skies - the Buccaneer Begins Flight Testing	p. 32
The Buccaneer Joins the Navy	p. 52
The Buccaneer Described	p. 71
Flying the Buccaneer	p. 100
Building a Better Bomber - the S.2	p. 116
The Buccaneer with the Royal Air Force	p. 136
The Buccaneer with the SAAF	p. 162
The Gulf War and Withdrawal	p. 172
Buccaneer Units	p. 181
Buccaneer Crashes	p. 182
Buccaneer Production	p. 183
Preserved Buccaneers	p. 184
Technical Details	p. 186
Bibliography	p. 188
Index	p. 189
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