Download or read book A Flying Life An Enthusiast s Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s written by Richard Riding and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs that were taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the war. During the war, Riding became an AID inspector and was seconded to Fairey Aviation, London Aircraft Production and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, latterly signing out Halifax bombers and Mosquitoes as airworthy and ready for test flying. Sadly, Riding was killed in a flying accident in 1950. During his short life, he gained a lasting reputation as an engineer, professional photographer, draughtsman and aero modeller. Riding began taking photographs of aircraft in 1931, aged fifteen. Fortunately, he kept copious notes recording the locations and dates of when and where aircraft were photographed. More importantly, he noted aircraft colour schemes, details rarely recorded by the press at the time. The aircraft types photographed by Riding ranged from the Tiger Moth, RAF fighters, ultra-lights to airliners, the whole giving a good cross-section of flying in Britain up to the outbreak of the Second World War. The book's photographs are of excellent quality and do not all consist of sterile bog-standard side views. Many depict aircraft being stripped for maintenance and servicing, others show aircraft dumped or after having crashed. Although approached in a generally light-hearted manner, the book features in-depth and informative captions.

Download or read book Born of Adversity written by Guy Halford-Macleod and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy Halford McLeod tells the story of Britain's other airlines in their formative years.

Download or read book Consolidated List of Government Publications written by Great Britain. His Majesty's Stationery Office and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 1562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Technical Data Digest written by United States. Army. Air Service and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Aeroplane written by and published by . This book was released on 1935-07 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transport in Britain written by Philip Bagwell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-10-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlighting long term themes in Britain's transport history, this book looks at the dilemmas facing modern society and suggests several possible solutions. It covers all the major forms of transport, from the horse to the aeroplane, setting them in their historical context.

Download or read book Airline Manual written by United States. Civil Aeronautics Board and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Report on the Industrial and Economic Conditions in Norway written by Great Britain. Department of Overseas Trade and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Colonial Office List Comprising Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the Colonial Empire List of Officers Serving in the Colonies Etc written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for written by Great Britain. Office of Commonwealth Relations and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Civil Aviation and Air Transport written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers legislation to establish Federal regulatory authority over civil aviation and air transport industry.

Download or read book Daily Consular and Trade Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Colonial Reports Annual written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 1182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number comprises the annual report of a different colony for a particular year.

Download or read book Innovation and the Development of Flight written by Roger D. Launius and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no technological development in the century has more fundamentally transformed human life than the airplane and its support apparatus. The nature of flight, and the activities that it has engendered throughout the world, makes the development of aviation technology an important area of investigation. Why did aeronautical technology take the shape it did? Which individuals and organizations were involved in driving it? What factors influenced particular choices of technologies to be used? More importantly, how has innovation affected this technology? Innovation and the Development of Flight, a first strike at the "new aviation history," represents a significant transformation of the field by relating the subject to larger issues of society, politics, and culture, taking a more sophisticated view of the technology that few historians have previously attempted. This volume moves beyond a focus on the artifact to emphasize the broader role of the airplane and, more importantly, the entire technological system. This suggests that many unanswered questions are present in the development of modern aviation and that inquisitive historians seek to know the relationships of technological systems to the human mind. Some of the subjects discussed are early aeronautical innovation and government patronage; the evolution of relationships among airports, cities, and industry; the relationship of engine development to the entire aviation industry; the Department of Commerce's influence on light plane development; pressure in the Air Force for the development of jet engines; and lessons of the National Aerospace Plane Program. Aviation historians and historians of technology will find Innovation and the Development of Flight a valuable examination of aeronautical innovation providing foundations for continued explorations of this field.