Vickers ltd (6 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 26pp. in very nice clean condition. No names or inscriptions.

Stapled Booklet. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. A very good copy of this Vickers Ltd. Annual Report and Accounts for 1958. No Dust Jacket. Cover: brown card with self coloured outline map of the world to front and rear, and black lettering to front; very bright and clean apart from small neat signature of previous owner to front top outer corner; few other visible signs of shelf wear. Internally: very clean and tightly staple bound; small discreet bookplate of previous owner to front inside cover; no other markings or inscriptions; overall in very good condition. Illustrated throughout with blue and white pencil and wash impressions by Dennis Flanders and other full colour paintings by Normand Wilkinson an others. 28 pp. Dennis Flanders (illustrator).…

Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 48pp, photos, maps (1 large folding in pocket at rear), inscr on front cover, sl wear, staples rusty. Special Publication 7977/6.

Softback. St Marys Books is proud to present Vickers Super VC10 a pamphlet published by the VickersAmstrong corporation in circa 1964 around the time of the creation of this type of aircraft Inside this softcover book bound in white paper with a charming black ink illustration of an aeroplane with orange ink decorations one finds 33 pages of text containing valuable information and diagrams concerning the aircraft From the interior layout to the details of the engine this book tells the reader everythign they need to know about this aircraft This copy is in very good condition with few notable blemishes or imperfections other than some minor bumping to the edges of the cover this copy remains clean and readable Vickers Super VC10 is looking for a new home and would make for the perfect gift for any civil aviation enthusiast interested in retired aircraft. book.…

1929 VICKERS-AMSTRONGS LTD. Para pilotos de Aeroplanos. Con 12 láminas + 2 fotogr. . 48 pg. 16x11 cm. Enc. en tela edit. Con manchas. Para ver o recibir fotografías de los libros puede ir a nuestra web o solicitarlas.(armas, armas).

Text of all three letters clear and entire. A well-written and well-informed correspondence relating to 'locomotive matters'. Letter One (14 October 1942): Manuscript. Foolscap, 4 pp. Good, on aged high-acidity paper. 'Knowing, and to some extent, at least, sharing' King's 'interest in loco matters', Pimm informs him that the Ministry of Supply 'have ordered 360 L.M.S. mixed traffics generally like the 227 that AW's [Armstrong Whitworth] bill as their last order'. Pimm's 'chief' has told him 'that lately he met some steel foundrymen & asked one of them if he had got the order for the castings. The man asked, in return, how many tons were there on the 227 A.W.'s "mill". My chief, who was estimator at Scotswood [Armstrong Whitworth headquarters], said 'about 22 tons', and the other man went on, 'well, as these engines there are 4 tons, a pair of driving-wheels & some miscellaneous castings, the trailing drivers are - 17 tons tensile - and the tender wheels were to have been solid C.L., chilled on the tread'. Pimm comments on this statement, and on the news of another order. Paragraph on 'two Scotswood men'. Two paragraphs discussing 'the future of steam on railways' and whether 'in this Country the diesel-electric can compete with it for main line & passenger work' ('the prime cost of diesel electrics is higher than its advocates admit, the maintenance is higher and the cost of spares is ruinous'). Full-page discussion of valve-gears. Recounts an anecdote relating to 'Blacklock, chief loco technical man at Scotswood'. Ends by discussing the relative merits of Pacifics ('the best engines the L.N.E.R. had for that district, bar none') and Atlantics ('they won't steam on Scotch coal'). Letter Two (4 November 1942). Typewritten. Foolscap, 3 pp. Good, though lightly creased and aged. Lengthy and informed discussion of 'the locomotive building firms'. Armstrong Whitworth 'had a plant much less antiquated than the rest of the plants in the country. It was bought after the last war, though lately for want of funds it was not renewed it was certainly the least obsolete of all'. Explains, 'in confidence', how the 'Loco. builders [.] kept going before the war': the smaller firms 'tendered for everything, 200 ton engines for Australia, and such like. The large firms protested, pointing out that the small firm couldn't execute the order and therefore shouldn't tender, but the small firm took up an attitude of offended dignity, saying how do you know what we can and cannot do. You don't want anybody to expand, you would keep all the best things for youself. So they continued to tender and to draw their share.' Comments on 'Gresley Pacifics' and 'the old S.W. engine men'. Letter Three (18 December 1942): Manuscript. 8vo, 2 pp. 'Can you not ease off a little. I know another H. G. officer, mang. Director of a firm, who I am sure is doing far too much, but he is so far in, so to speak, that he can't withdraw, or feels that he can't.' Gives reasons for his distrust of 'railway building costs'.…