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Airwork: A History - Couverture souple

Mccloskey, Keith

 
9780752479729: Airwork: A History
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0752479725 ISBN 13 : 9780752479729
Editeur : The History Press, 2012

Synopsis

Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by Vt group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support seArm and overseas air forces, as well as in the development of civil aviation. Created at Heston in 1928, it maintained Whitley bombers and de Havilland Tiger Moths in the 1930s and established the precursors of the post-Ww2 airlines in Egypt, India and Rhodesia. Post-war it was the first airline to be awarded a troop flying contract and expanded into civil aviation, developing flights to Africa and the Us. The main independent airline in the 1950s, it became part of British United Airways in 1960, also establishing many airlines around the world, including Deutsche Flugdienst (Condor), Misr-Airwork (Egyptair), and the Sudanese National Airline. Here Keith McCloskey presents the first history of this important airline and reveals its impact on aviation history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by Vt group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support seArm and overseas air forces, as well as in the development of civil aviation. Created at Heston in 1928, it maintained Whitley bombers and de Havilland Tiger Moths in the 1930s and established the precursors of the post-Ww2 airlines in Egypt, India and Rhodesia. Post-war it was the first airline to be awarded a troop flying contract and expanded into civil aviation, developing flights to Africa and the Us. The main independent airline in the 1950s, it became part of British United Airways in 1960, also establishing many airlines around the world, including Deutsche Flugdienst (Condor), Misr-Airwork (Egyptair), and the Sudanese National Airline. Here Keith McCloskey presents the first history of this important airline and reveals its impact on aviation history.

Biographie de l'auteur

Keith McCloskey is an export trader with a life-long passion for aviation and its history. His father was a pilot for Aer Lingus and his mother an air stewardess, also with Aer Lingus. Keith has previously written Glasgow's Airport and Edinburgh's Airport for The History Press. In his working life he met many people who had worked for Airwork, especially in Africa and the Middle East, and was inspired to write a history of this hugely influential company.

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Éditeur
The History Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0752479725
ISBN 13 
9780752479729
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
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Personne responsable
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