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A View from the Wings
Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyhood in which aircraft flying constantly overhead played a large part. This experience led to a lifetime career in the aviation industry both in the UK and overseas such as the US and South Africa. Mixed with events of a more personal nature often coated with whimsical humour, the author has evocatively captured the rise and demise of Britain's aircraft industry in the post-war period. In setting out to be non-technical, A View from the Wings will appeal to those whose memories embrace the sound barrier-breaking years and the leap of faith and technology that saw Concorde defeat the Americans in the race to produce a practical supersonic airliner. All too often political procurement and technical failures have made for dramatic headlines and these too are subjected to much critical comments. Think of the critically acclaimed Empire of the Clouds (Faber and Faber, 2010), but instead of a boyhood observer, the author was an active part of the British aviation industry in its former prime and eventual implosion.
Those Fabulous Flying Years
En bog som primært beskæftiger sig med Sir Alan Cobham, som i begyndelsen af 1930'erne arrangerede propaganda kampagner for flyvning, flyudstillinger og opvisninger i England såvel som Sydafrika.
In Somerset's Skies
The fully illustrated history of Somerset's aviation industry.
100 Years of Advertising in British Aviation
This beautifully illustrated book brings together for the first time the myriad art works used by aviation companies, flying schools and manufacturers to promote their products over the twentieth century. Commissioned by the leading aviation companies, many of these advertisements were visually striking and highly innovative. In black and white at the onset of flying in this country, as aviation developed the nation's top artists were engaged to provide colour art works for use on the covers of magazines. This book will trace the development of these works from pre-First World War up to the present day, presenting a nostalgic look back across the twentieth century.
Sir Alan Cobham
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In Cobham's Company
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Wiltshire Airfields
In 1911, Larkhill, near Durrington Down on Salisbury Plain, became Britain's first military airfield. Along with similar flying training bases constructed at nearby Upavon and Netheravon, it was to occupy a cornerstone position in Wiltshire's early aviation history. It was these establishments, in addition to those at Gosport, Eastchurch, Farnborough and Montrose, that formed the only Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service aerodromes in the British Isles when war was declared in August 1914. During a century of powered flight (1903-2003), some forty airfields and landing grounds have provided a useful, indeed significant, service within the county boundaries. Several are still in ope...
In Dorset's Skies
This book is part of the Images of Aviation series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various aviation companies and groups in Great Britain.
In Somerset's Skies
The fully illustrated history of Somerset's aviation industry.
In Hampshire's Skies
Hampshire is a county unsurpassed in aviation history and reputation. From the relocation of the Army balloon factory to Aldershot at the end of the nineteenth century to the present day development of the Farnborough F1 air-taxi, Hampshire has witnessed many innovations in British aeronautical research. 'Colonel' Samuel Franklin Cody made the first manned powered flight in Britain from Farnborough; Geoffrey de Havilland, later to become one of the most famous names in aviation, also made his first flight in Hampshire. The county hosted the Schneider Trophy races in 1929 and 1931, and is still home to the Society of British Aerospace Companies air spectacular, held every two years. In Hampshire's Skies is a resourceful and knowledgeable account of the county's aviation record, complemented by over 200 photographs, many previously unpublished.
