... has the subtitle 'The history of the Bristol Britannia in Royal Air Force service is also that of RAF Lyneham and RAF Brize Norton for those years'.

In 1996 David Berry wrote a history of the RAF Britannia which successfully sold out! In an intervening nine years he has gathered a wealth of extra material. Its inclusion in this history expands the original 256 pages to 626! The original title was 'The Whispering Giant in Uniform', which forms the skeleton of this new book. The fresh title represents a changed emphasis - this book has a greater 'people' content. It is the story of the relatively short RAF life for an elegant aeroplane, which contributed greatly to the tasks of the Armed Services in the 1960s and 70s. It also contains personal contributions from those 'people' who were part of the operation of this fine aircraft. There is a wealth of photographs - and it isn't all completely serious - there are lighter moments.

Due to printing costs for such a large book - and postage and packing - the price is necessarily high. However, there is a version on CD for a much lesser amount. The layout for this has been adapted to suit presentation on a computer monitor. It is intended for Windows PCs and uses Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded, for free, from the Adobe website - www.adobe.co.uk . Alternatively, Windows XP users can install it from the CD.

Book: 626 pages, 8.25"x11.5", 210mmx290mm (A4), softback
Over 650 b&w photographs and drawings
ISBN 0 9527715 4 3

CD: Full content on 710 'pages'

Book price: £40 inc UK p&p
CD version price: £16 inc UK p&p

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