Flying Boats : Air Travel in the Golden Age
"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.
Product details
Author: | Charles Woodley |
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Details: | 192 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 cm / 9.25 x 6.1 in, paperback |
Illustrations: | 92 b&w and 21 colour photos, 8 drawings |
Publisher: | The History Press Ltd (GB, 2018) |
ISBN: | 9780750970143 |

Flying Boats : Air Travel in the Golden Age
Language: English
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