The Airfields of Britain

"We have the best collection of aerodromes in the world in this country." For once it is impossible to disagree with an MP and his past comment about Britain's hugely successful airfields. Following the author's previous highly acclaimed book "A Towering Control", described by one reader as * ... a work of unparalleled genius*. The Airfields of Britain Volume I now heralds a new series featuring every site to have existed in this country since 1909. Individual histories - many of them never before told - are again detailed in a simple narrative style putting greater emphasis on achievement and social history than technical notes. Along with another massive amount of new information and photographs, also retained is the constant hard-hitting tone so prominent in A Towering Control to illustrate how indispensable airfields are to Britain. Astounding facts such as only four sites in one region being able to generate between them over £600.000.000 each year for the local economy just cannot be ignored and certainly never criticised. Whether Biggin Hill or somewhere of lesser fame, Britain does unquestionably possess the world's greatest airfields.


by Kenneth P. Bannerman
Published by ISE 1994 1st edition. 395pp illustrated. 16x24 previous owner's stamp otherwise mint including d/j.






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"Long" descriptions, where shown, may have been taken from the book's dust jacket notes, and as such are relevant to the date of publication (e.g. any references to "new edition" "previously unpublished photographs" etc.) and not the present.