Raven
Also got Empire for Crimbo, and, amazingly for me, have almost finished it !
It is a good read, and I'd certainly recommend it to anyone on this thread trying to get their heads round the British aviation industry of the post war era which has led directly to where we are today. I can't believe that lessons have not been learned
and if the whole Nimrod saga is not ripe for a public inquiry into mismanagement and waste, then I don't know what is.
I wonder if Mr Hamilton-Paterson can be persuaded to write about this sorry state of affairs - that's if he can be prised away from his beach hut in the Philippines!