Radar: A Wartime Miracle (Aviation)
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 075091114X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Few people ever talked much about it even after the war, yet each of the armed services had benefited enormously from radar, and none more than the Royal Air Force. Radar remained a dark secret throughout the Second World War. These range from the backroom boffins who developed, adapted and perfected the radars to the radar mechanics and set operators on lonely inhospitable hilltops all over Britain; and from the nightfighter and bomber pilots who used radar as the tool of their respective trades to the men on the ground who folded up the radar aerials, packed them
"It is a rare thing an oral history of technology in use." -- New Scientist
Geoffrey Harrison said Radar a wartime miracle. Well written book containing a lot of previously unknown material.Excellent drawings and descriptions of equipments.Personal stories highlighted what it was like to work on radar in ww"Radar a wartime miracle" according to Geoffrey Harrison. Well written book containing a lot of previously unknown material.Excellent drawings and descriptions of equipments.Personal stories highlighted what it was like to work on radar in ww2.. .. jym@enternet.com.au said Excellent and comprehensive snapshot of technical history. Excellent first-hand account of the technology and times. Encompasses human element of first hand reporting plus new technical information (including the Big Ben V"Excellent and comprehensive snapshot of technical history" according to jym@enternet.com.au. Excellent first-hand account of the technology and times. Encompasses human element of first hand reporting plus new technical information (including the Big Ben V2 detection programme) that I had never heard of previously. If you don't know what the gonio was, read this book.. detection programme) that I had never heard of previously. If you don't know what the gonio was, read this book.