Flying Boats : Air Travel in the Golden Age Paperback / softback
by Charles Woodley
Paperback / softback
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Flying Boats: Air Travel in the Golden Age sets out to do justice to a time of glamorous, unhurried air travel, unrecognisable to most of today's air travellers, but sorely missed by some.
During the 1930s, long-distance air travel was the preserve of the flying boat, which transported well-heeled passengers in ocean-liner style and comfort across the oceans.
But then the Second World War came, and things changed.
Suddenly, landplanes were more efficient, and in abundance: long concrete runways had been constructed during the war that could be used by a new generation of large transport aircraft; and endless developments in aircraft meant they could fly faster and for further distances.
Commercial flying boat services resumed, but their days would be numbered.
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:8 Plates, color; 21 Illustrations, color; 92 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:01/08/2018
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- ISBN:9780750970143
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:8 Plates, color; 21 Illustrations, color; 92 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:The History Press Ltd
- Publication Date:01/08/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9780750970143