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.

ISBN:	9780750970143
Publisher:	The History Press
Imprint:	The History Press
Published date:	01 Aug 2018
DEWEY:	387.7334709043
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	189
Weight:	432g
Height:	208mm
Width:	167mm
Spine width:	13mm

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