OUR NEW BOOK!

     The 125 has rightly been called the World's Most Successful Mid-size Business Jet. 
     Conceived and designed some 35 years ago by the de Havilland Aircraft Company, this
     British aircraft which has outsold any other UK civil jet, is still in production,
     albeit now owned by the US company, Raytheon.

     The full story of this remarkably versatile aircraft has never been fully documented
     before, and consequently renowned aviation writer Bill Gunston was commissioned,
     initially by British Aerospace and subsequently by Raytheon, to write the definitive
     history. Bill was given full access to the programme archives and to senior
     programme managers, both current and retired, in order to make the work as complete
     and accurate as possible.
     
     As well as recording the chronological and technical development of the aircraft over
     the years, the text is liberally filled with anecdotes and incidents. The book
     contains more than 40,000 words spanning 14 chapters, plus a series of appendices
     giving 3-view drawings, specifications, production breakdown numbers, etc.

     To illustrate the book, the company's extensive photographic archives were researched
     for relevant pictures and supplemented with material from the private collection
     belonging to aviation historian, Philip Birtles.

     The Author: Bill Gunston was an RAF cadet at the University of Durham in 1945 and then
     spent three years in Southern Rhodesia, Germany and the UK, flying a variety of
     aircraft. After a three-year engineering course at Northampton Engineering College
     (today the City University) in the heart of London, he (as the Secretary of the
     RAeS put it) "threw a way a promising career" by joining the magazine Flight.
     Appointed Technical Editor in April 1955, he travelled widely - even as far as Hatfield!
     Since 1971 he has been a freelance writer, with over 300 books published.

     Selling points: the first truly definitive book on one of the British aircraft
     industry's most successful projects, written by one of the country's most
     renowned and prolific aviation writers. Published to mark the end of 
     production in the UK and the transfer of final assembly to the USA.

     Published by:
     Airworthy Publications International Limited
     Bassfield South, Manchester Road
     Walmersley, Bury, Lancashire BL9 5LY
     United Kingdom
     Telephone: +44 (1706) 828811
     Fax: +44 (1706) 828300
     E-mail: svb@globalnet.co.uk


     Title:			Hawker: the story of the 125
     Author:			Bill Gunston
     Price:			£19.95 / US$37.50
     ISBN:				0 952 88450 X
     Binding:			Casebound
     Format:			297mm x 210mm
     Extent:			160pp
     Illustrations:	100 b/w and colour photos


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     PRICE: including postage and packing
		£23.95 in UK and all Europe
		US$47.50 in rest of world

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