Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and his brother Jack joined the Royal
Flying Corps during the Great War and both were to have a major
influence on the development of the Royal Air Force in the 1920s and
1930s. After a most distinguished war service, Geoffrey, the older of
the two, became one of the original pioneers of long range flight and
rose steadily through the ranks. He was one of the first to recognize
the importance of 'high speed flight' and the development of the
Supermarine S6 (the forerunner of the Spitfire). As such he was
closely involved with the Schneider Trophy races of the early 1930s.
His successful career also encompassed flights of long range
endurance.Extraordinarily, both Jack and Geoffrey rose to become
Chiefs of the Air Staff in the mid-1930s. Geoffrey succeeded his
brother at the top of his profession only to die in post before he
could see the fruits of his labors come to fruition in the Battle of
Britain; without his vision the RAF might very well not have had the
Spitfire and the result would surely have been very different.
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ISBN
9781783379767
Publisert
2014
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Leo Cooper
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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