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Vampires and Fleas: A History of the British Aircraft Preservation Movement

Categorie	Vliegtuigen & Luchtvaart
Boeknummer	#326487-XD5
Titel	Vampires and Fleas: A History of the British Aircraft Preservation Movement
Auteur	Brew, Alec
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Ramsbury : The Crowood Press
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	1861266316
ISBN13	9781861266316
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The Second World War saw the flying machine leap to the forefront of warfare. But after the war, these aircraft were sent for scrap and whole types quickly became extinct. In the sixties a small, but dedicated, band decided to save some of these irreplaceable aircraft for posterity. Soon afterwards the British Aircraft Preservation Council was formed. In this book Alec Brew tells the whole story of the British aircraft preservation movement. From early days at Old Warden and the Science Museum, through the establishment of the famous, but now long-past, Skyframe and Strathallan collections, to the present day, where every area of the country can boast its own collection of aircraft. And what do nearly all these collections contain? Why, a De Havilland Vampire and a Mignet Flying Flea, of c... (Lees verder)ourse!
Pagina's	224
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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