{"id":830,"date":"2026-08-26T16:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/?p=830"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T16:03:54","slug":"now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A rather heavier than expected parcel arrived today, \u00a0and I&#8217;ve unexpectedly become a hardback.<\/p>\n<p>I do like the new cover scheme, \u00a0I must admit, but it looks a little odd at the side of Volume 1.<\/p>\n<p>I sincerely hope those that bought the first instalment buy the second, because obviously, that was only half the story, and the second also has a couple of the biggest stories that emerged into what really was a tale of &#8220;here&#8217;s what we could have had&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For those that buy Volume 2, \u00a0but don&#8217;t have its predecessor, they will read chapter one, and maybe not really understand the full context of the situation. \u00a0Its earlier compatriot &#8220;A Tangled Web&#8221; \u00a0really does explain how the British aircraft industry ended up the way it did, and rather point a finger at who caused it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m proud at what I&#8217;ve accomplished, but also sad that none of my family&#8217;s previous generation are now around to see it completed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-825\" src=\"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Development Aircraft Vol 2\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261-100x133.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1261.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.keypublishing.com\/products\/development-aircraft-vol-2?_pos=1&amp;_sid=150a89bf1&amp;_ss=r&amp;variant=569298059267\">British Research and Development Aircraft, 1945-1965 Volume 2. \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now at Key Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rather heavier than expected parcel arrived today, \u00a0and I&#8217;ve unexpectedly become a hardback. I do like the new cover scheme, \u00a0I must admit, but it looks a little odd at the side of Volume 1. I sincerely hope those that bought the first instalment buy the second, because obviously, that was only half the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/?p=830\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Now Available!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaughtons.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}