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100 1 $aRitchie, Sebastian,$d1963-
245 10 $aIndustry and air power :$bthe expansion of British aircraft production, 1935-41 /$cSebastian Ritchie.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aPortland, OR :$bFrank Cass,$c1997.
300 $a1 online resource (xvi, 283 pages) :$billustrations
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337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
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490 1 $a[Cass series--studies in air power ;$vnumber 4]
500 $aSeries statement from book jacket.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and indexes.
588 0 $aPrint version record.
505 0 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables and figures; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Notes; 1. British aircraft production between the wars; The Aircraft Industry and Aircraft Production, 1918-35; The 'lean years'; The trend towards consolidation; The Vickers-Supermarine merger; The formation of Hawker Siddeley; The consolidation of aero-engine production; Consolidation in the civil market: De Havilland; The Air Ministry and Military Aircraft Production; Aircraft Design and Construction; Conclusion; Notes.
505 8 $a2. The Air Ministry and military aircraft production,1935-39Air Ministry Organisation and Policy, 1935-36; Air Ministry Organisation, 1936-38; Production Policy; The group schemes; The shadow schemes; Labour supply; Aircraft equipment and aluminium; Conclusion; Notes; 3. The airframe industry and military aircraft production, 1935-39; Production Delayed; State-Industry Relations; The Expansion of Aircraft Production; The expansion of airframe capacity, I935-38; New expansion plans, I938-39; Production problems overcome; Subcontracting; British Aircraft Production on the Outbreak of War; Notes.
505 8 $a4. Aero-engine production, 1935-39Rolls-Royce and Aero-Engine Production, 1935-37; The Hives Reforms; The Bristol Shadow Aero-Engine Organisation; Shadow Aero-Engine Production, 1937-39; Rolls-Royce: Production Planning, 1937-39; The Expansion of Aero-Engine Capacity; Aero-Engine Production on the Outbreak of War; Aero-Engine Development on the Outbreak of War; Notes; 5. Manpower for the aircraft industry, 1935-41; The Supply of Managerial and Technical Staff; Labour Supply and Dilution; Labour for the aircraft industry; The aircraft industry and dilution; The opposition to dilution.
505 8 $aThe progress of dilutionLabour Utilisation; Wages and earnings in the aircraft industry; Labour productivity, I940-4I; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Finance, contracts and prices in the aircraftindustry, 1935-41; The Aircraft Boom; The Supply of Working Capital; The McLintock Agreement; The Operation of the First McLintock Agreement; The Operation of the Second Mclintock Agreement; Conclusion; Notes; 7. British aircraft production, 1939-41; Mobilisation Problems; The Aircraft Programme Transformed; The Battle of Britain: Emergency Measures; The Ministry of Aircraft Production; Production policy.
505 8 $a1940-41: The Limitations of Emergency MeasuresExpansion Renewed; The Efficiency of Aircraft Production; The Wartime Aircraft Industry; Conclusion; Notes; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index of aircraft and aero-engines; General Index.
520 $aThe author begins with a general survey of British aircraft manufacturing in the inter-war period. Policy, production, finance and contracts are examined, and the final chapter is concerned with the mobilization of the aircraft industry in 1939, and the emergency measures of 1940.
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651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
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650 17 $aBewapening.$2gtt
650 07 $aGeschichte 1935-1941.$2swd
655 4 $aElectronic books.
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830 0 $aCass series--studies in air power ;$v4.
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