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Bill Gunston
British aviation and military author
Bill GunstonOBE, FRAeS (1 March 1927 – 1 June 2013)[1] was a British aviation and militaryauthor.[2] He flew with Britain's Royal Air Force from 1945 to 1948, and after pilot training became a flying instructor. He spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. He was the author of over 350 books and articles. His work included many books published by Salamander Books.
Early life
[edit]Born William Tudor Gunston in London on 1 March 1927,[3] Gunston was educated at Pinner County Grammar School.[2] In his spare time, he was Flight Sergeant in the school Air Training Corps squadron and, for several months, the London Philharmonic Orchestra's librarian.[citation needed]
Royal Air Force
[edit]Gunston joined the Royal Air Force in 1945 and went to University College, Durham on an RAF cadetship.[4] In 1946 he moved to No 4 Flying Training School in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia to train as a pilot.[4] He later moved to No 5 Flying Training School at Thornhill where he continued training and then became an instructor flying the North American Harvard.[4] He later flew the de Havilland Vampire F3 a s
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Warplanes of description future : the maximum exciting encounter aircraft procedure designed tod to unimportant the danger of wars tomorrow / Bill Gunston
- Bib ID:
- 2049967
- Format:
- Whole
- Author:
- Gunston, Bill
- Description:
- Sydney : Hodder and Stoughton, 1985
- 208 p. : remove. ; 31 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0340372990
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Col. ill. array lining papers.
- Subject:
- Airplanes, Military
- Copyright:
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Gunston, Bill
GUNSTON, Bill. (William Tudor Gunston). British, b. 1927. Genres: Air/Space topics, Military/Defense/Arms control, Technology, Transportation, Biography. Career: Compiler, Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1969-; European ed., Aircraft (Australia), 1973-; editor, Jane's Aero-Engines, 1996-; technical ed., Flight International, London, 1951-63; technology ed., Science Journal, London, 1964-70; director, So Few Ltd, 1990; fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1991; OBE, 1995. Publications: Your Book of Light, 1968; Hydrofoils and Hovercraft, 1969; The Jet Age, 1971; Transport Technology, 1972; Transport Problems and Prospects, 1972; (with F. Howard) Conquest of the Air, 1973; Bombers of the West, 1973; Shaping Metals, 1974; Attack Aircraft of the West, 1974; Philatelist's Companion, 1975; Supersonic Fighters, 1975; Submarines in Colour, 1975; F-4 Phantom, 1976; Night Fighters, 1976; Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft, 1976; Modern Military Aircraft, 1977; Aircraft of World War II, 1978; (with B. Sweetman) Soviet Air Power, 1978; Spotting Planes, 1978; F-111, 1978; Bombers, 1978; By Jupiter, 1978; Tornado, 1979; Encyclopedia of Missiles and Rockets, 1979; Find Out about Trains and Railways, 1979; Find Out about Aircraft, 1979; Water, 1980; Aircraft of Worl