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Flying Boats of the Empire by Richard Knott (Hardcover, 2011)

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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.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
ISBN-13
9780709087595
eBay Product ID (ePID)
104056097

Product Key Features

Book Title
Flying Boats of the Empire
Author
Richard Knott
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
History, Aircraft
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Richard Knott
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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