Pegasus

by Dow, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781848840423
• ISBN10: 184884042X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-19
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

The conception of the Pegasus engine in 1957 upset all the conventions of aircraft design. It was previously usual for aircraft designers to seek a suitable engine, but this was an engine that sought an aircraft. The aircraft thatresulted was the famous Harrier that is still in front-line service with air forces around the world including the RAF and US Marine Corps. This book takes an in-depth look at the engine's original design concept, initial production and flight testing. It then goes on to explain how the developments and improvements have been made over the ensuing years and includes experiences of operational combat flying, both from land and sea.The book is written in a non technical style that makes comfortable reading for all enthusiasts and historians and is copiously illustrated with many previously unseen photographs and diagrams.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 9
Preface	p. 10
Acknowledgements	p. 12
Abbreviations	p. 16
Introduction	p. 19
The Requirement	p. 21
The Ingenious Michel Wibault	p. 29
Down at Engines	p. 47
The Elegant Solution	p. 61
Viable V/STOL	p. 98
Bristol Siddeley Means Business	p. 155
Three Nations Go VTO	p. 194
Pegasus at Oberpfaffenhofen	p. 233
Patents Matter	p. 254
Troubled Times	p. 272
Into Service	p. 294
Sell it to the Marines	p. 337
In Control	p. 387
'I done flown it'	p. 411
A Second Lease of Life	p. 424
Flight Test	p. 477
Pegasus at War	p. 488
Achievement and Perspectives	p. 497
Appendices
Pegasus Engine Built	p. 513
Surviving Early Pegasus Engines	p. 514
Data on Permutations in Document PS17	p. 515
Basic Data of Service Engines	p. 516
Pegasus Chief Engineers	p. 517
Pegasus Engines in Sea Harriers and Harriers, Position at 24 May 1982	p. 519
BS100 Development Evolution	p. 521
Bibliography	p. 522
Index	p. 525
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