Glasmoth. Moscow and back by Tiger Moth With photographs by Herbie Knott

ELWES, Jonathan and KNOTT, Herbie

ISBN 10: 1870948475 / ISBN 13: 9781870948470

Edité par Quiller Press, London, 1990

A propos de cet article

Large oblong quarto, green cloth with gilt lettering, 160 pp., illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. A near-fine copy with the dust-jacket. It was in April 1989 that a trio of Tiger Moth biplanes took off from White Waltham airfield in Berkshire for Sheremetyevo airport, the 'Heathrow' of the Soviet Union. The team departed in a blaze of publicity and goodwill which heralded the many warm receptions they later experienced all over Europe. The three Tiger Moths returned to England, triumphant and still intact, five thousand miles and thirty-three stops later after three unforgettable weeks. From the collection of aviation enthusiast John Fisher, who restored a a single-engine de Havilland Tiger Moth and flew her from England to Australia in 1996.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Glasmoth. Moscow and back by Tiger Moth With photographs by Herbie Knott
• Éditeur: Quiller Press, London
• Date de parution: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1870948475
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781870948470
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • History & Biography
  • Technical

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Synopsis

It was in April 1989 that a trio of Tiger Moth biplanes took off from White Waltham airfield in Berkshire for Sheremetyevo airport, the 'Heathrow' of the Soviet Union. The team departed in a blaze of publicity and goodwill which heralded the many warm receptions they later experienced all over Europe. The three Tiger Moths returned to England, triumphant and still intact, 5,000 miles and 33 stops later after three unforgettable weeks. The three British pilots with their Russian navigators undertook the whole pioneering flight - the first foreign touring flight in the Soviet Union since John Grierson's in 1932 - in the true spirit of the thirties, and the book reflects this. The story proceeds at a tremendous pace through a variety of classic aviation adventures - failing radios, broken tailskids, hazardous weather, treetop approaches - all of which add up not only to a flight of a lifetime, but also a prelude to an almost certain lifting of barriers to private aviation in Soviet airspace. The planning of the flight was a watershed between the old Iron Curtain mentality and that of the new East-West rapprochement. The flight witnessed history in the making and the story therefore appeals not only to all aviators but also to a wider readership who will appreciate a well told story of spirit and adventure. Herbie Knott's brilliant photographs contribute to what HRH Prince Michael of Kent describes as "a thrilling saga and required reading for every budding pilot."

À propos des auteurs

Jonathan Elwes was born in Winchester in 1950. He became interested in flying while at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire. A natural aptitude for flying was soon discovered and at the age of fifteen he was selected from cadets of three schools to fly in a Gloster Javelin jet fighter.

Herbie Knott, now living in London, was born in Manchester in 1949 and brought up in Wilmslow, Cheshire. His career as a professional photographer has taken him to more than thirty countries worldwide and his work has been published in most of the world's major magazines and newspapers.