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Article: The Royal Air Force and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939: Air Staff Operational Requirements. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2003
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The Royal Air Force and Aircraft Design, 1923-1939: Air Staff Operational Requirements. By Colin Sinnott. London: Frank Cass, 2001. Photographs. Notes. Glossary. Apendix. Bibliography Index. Pp. xiii, 249. $59.50 ISBN: 0-7146-5158-3
It would be difficult to find an individual better qualified to write this book. Colin Sinnott served as a British government research scientist, worked for Hawker Siddeley Aviation, and earned a King's College Department of War Studies Ph.D. in science. He thus brings to the task an unusual array of perspectives.
Operational requirements based on presumed threats define aircraft performance characteristics needed to ...