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Flying Boats of the Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Ships of the Sky

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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Book Title: Flying Boats of the Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Ships of the

Genre: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000

ISBN: 9780709087595

Publication Year: 2011

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: Flying Boats of the Empire

Item Height: 234mm

Author: Richard Knott

Publisher: T.H.E. Crowood Press LTD

Item Width: 156mm

Subject: History

Number of Pages: 272 Pages

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This is a fascinating account of the age of Empire flying boats, whose story began in July 1936 with a reassuringly trouble-free test flight on Kent's River Medway. Within ten years, however, this last word in luxury was to become redundant, spurned by the post-war age. The story is a dramatic and human one. It tells of slow, meandering flights across the Empire, swooping down on sun-warmed stretches of water for luncheon and tea. But it also describes misadventure and disaster, with flying boats crashing with unnerving regularity. The characters involved in the Empire's story demonstrate its breadth, they include: Winston Churchill; Terence Rattigan (the playwright); Sir John Reith (who chaired both the BBC and Imperial Airways); Don Bennett (the wartime Pathfinder); and the doomed Duke of Kent. The Empire's magnificent military sibling, the Sunderland, is also featured and the book illuminates some less well known areas of the war, for example, the Norwegian campaign of 1940 and Australia's 'Pearl Harbour'. Extensively researched - drawing on personal letters and diaries, government papers, contemporary newspapers, and archive material from Imperial Airways and its successors - this book reveals all about the Empire flying boat and the people who designed, flew and travelled in them.

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Publisher

T.H.E. Crowood Press LTD

ISBN-13

9780709087595

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Author

Richard Knott

Publication Name

Flying Boats of the Empire

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Subject

History

Publication Year

2011

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

272 Pages

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Item Height

234mm

Item Width

156mm

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Richard Knott

Topic

Aircraft

Country/Region of Manufacture

United Kingdom

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