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Fabulous Flying Boats - A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats

The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes development, including a little known and oft-overlooked rival to the Wright Brothers, working to put their mutual successes in context.

He goes on to describe, in clear and vivid detail, and using first hand-accounts, what it was like to be aboard one of the resulting huge passenger flying boats, as air crew and as a passenger. He also recounts the part played by the military boats inevitably seconded to such use.

Incredibly well researched, the narrative embraces the globe-trotting air routes, from Europe to the Far East and to the Americas, and is well supported with evocative images from private and corporate collections, and the worlds aviation museums. The in-depth Appendix is virtually a book in itself.

Auteur :Leslie Dawson
Présentation :256 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 cm, relié
Illustration :130 photos
Editeur :Pen & Sword Books Ltd (GB, 2013)
EAN:9781781591093
Fabulous Flying Boats - A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats

Fabulous Flying Boats - A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats

Langue : anglais

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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.

Auteur :Charles Woodley
Présentation :192 pages, 23.5 x 15.5 cm, broché
Illustration :92 photos en N&B et 21 en couleurs, 8 dessins
Editeur :The History Press Ltd (GB, 2018)
EAN:9780750970143
Flying Boats : Air Travel in the Golden Age

Flying Boats : Air Travel in the Golden Age

Langue : anglais

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High Hulls : Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

For a time, the flying boat was seen as the way of the future. These aircraft, so strange and foreign to the modern mind, once criss-crossed the world and fulfilled essential military roles. In his latest book for Fonthill, Charles Bain looks at the golden age of the flying boat, when these sometimes strange and often beautiful vessels spanned the globe.
These vessels - a combination of ship and airplane - found themselves working as patrol aircraft, passenger aircraft, transports, and even as combat aircraft.

This volume contains their stories, from memorable aircraft such as the Short Sunderland and Boeing 314 Clipper, to the craft that roamed the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War, to forgotten giants from Saunders-Roe and even strange jet fighters that once landed like ducks. It even includes the flying boat that has not let time get in the way of doing its job - the Martin Mars.

Each of these aircraft has a story worthy of the telling, and often a memorable role to play in the history of aviation. 'High Hulls' delves deeply into a long-vanished part of aviation's golden age.

Auteur :Charles Bain
Présentation :336 pages, 25.5 x 18 x 2.5 cm, relié
Illustration :105 photos en N&B et 43 en couleurs
Editeur :Fonthill Media (GB, 2018)
EAN:9781781556917
High Hulls : Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

High Hulls : Flying Boats of the 1930s and 1940s

Langue : anglais

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