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FALSE DAWN OCEAN SENTINEL THE SHORT THE BEAGLE AIRCRAFT STORY SUNDERLAN D Tom Wenham John F Hamlin

Beagle emerged in the mist of a 1960 From the manufacture of the Sunderland October dawn. It was the climax of Peter in several different locations, the type Masefields dream to overthrow the myth of development and operational roles, the Britain not being able to sustain a light air - book moves on to detail the many military craft industry. The company only lasted ten units, British and of other nationalities, with years – a decade of mis-management, which the flying-boat served worldwide. domination of the wrong designs and fear - some boardroom battles, all within a period The individual histories of every aircraft of a national economic crisis. The British are catalogued, including those of government stepped in to help but ultimate - Australian, New Zealand, South African, ly only to steer the company into receivership. French and Portuguese forces. Civil conversions and the development of the Sandringham, Seaford and Solent variants are also covered. The author has diligently researched his subject and has enjoyed Operators, routes and individual histories are fully described. The unqualified access to company papers held within Masefield’s person - Appendices cover a unit/codes/serials index, registration/ serial cross al archive as well as extensive files held at The National Archives. reference and list of civil aircraft names.

The story of Beagle, long overdue in the telling, is covered in this defin - Almost 400 black and white images, plus 17 colour photos and 21 itive history. 464 pages. colour side views.

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RETRIBUTION AND RECOVERY THE COMPLETE CIVIL AIRCRAFT German Aircraft and Aviation 1919-1922 REGISTERS OF PERU Lennart Andersson and Ray Sanger Detailing all known civil aircraft registra - With the end of the First World War in 1918 tions used in Peru since the early 1930s. and the beginning of punitive reparations, This 192-page A4 softback contains over the Inter-Allied Commission of Control 250 photos (monochrome and colour) and began to roam its way far and wide across has a bonus USB Memory Card with a fur - Europe; its mandate: to seek out and ther 490 images. destroy all German aeronautical material and military aviation production facilities. It includes histories of both the OA- and OB- series aircraft totalling over 2,000 reg - Airfields and factories were surveyed, istrations. as well as listing over 700 non- technical advances made by aeronautical Peruvian registered aircraft known to have designers and engineers assessed. The Commission’s inspectors tar - been operated in Peru, or by Peruvian companies. All registrations are geted every aspect of aviation-related activity - from aircraft and air - indexed by type and operator. ships to aero engines; instrumentation and wireless equipment through to armament - as part of the Allies’ systematic demilitarisation The registration systems are explained and illustrated, as are the two of Germany. Focussing specifically on the effect that the Armistice historic airports of Lima. terms and the provisions of the Peace Treaty had on the German avi - ation industry, Retribution and Recovery details for the first time how REDUCED PRICE Members: £19.95 Non-members: £25.00 many of the wartime military aircraft and post war civil designs found their way to other parts of the world, sometimes by surprising means. Hardback A4. 288 pages. 504 images mono throughout.

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.ROYAL ORCHID – The History of Civil THE GRUMMAN AMPHIBIANS - Goose, Aviation in Thailand Widgeon & Mallard Fred J Knight with Colin R Smith Stephen M Darke with Dr Virachai Vannukul The most comprehensive coverage yet of Grumman’s versatile and distinctive First detailed study of its subject. Goose, Widgeon and Mallard. Detailed Development of all Thai airlines thoroughly coverage of all operators, with details of all and readably documented. More than 380 modifications and conversions. 625 mono - photographs, the majority in colour and in chrome photos, 75 in colour. Plus maps, print for the first time. 76-page complete adverts, brochures, timetables and phila - Thai civil aircraft register. telic items. Detailed histories of all 721 air - frames, including the French-built SCAN- A4 hardback, 272 pages. 30 Widgeons.

REDUCED PRICE Members £19.95 Non-members £32.50 Without doubt, the most comprehensive coverage of these iconic air - craft yet. A4 hardback, 480 pages.

REDUCED PRICE Members: £24.95. Non-Members: £39.95 MILITARY TRANSPORTS QUICK BUSINESS JETS & TURBOPROPS REFERENCE 2018 QUICK REFERENCE 2018

MTQR 2018 is produced in the established Annual edition of this title. BizQR2018 QR format and lists the worldwide fixed- includes all the world’s civil and military wing military transports and patrol aircraft Business Jets in service at January 2018, fleets. listed in registration/serial order by coun - try. Types range from the largest types down to some of the larger single-engine types such Also includes all BUSINESS TURBO - as the Cessna 208 and PC-12; patrol types PROPS and CORPORATE AIRLINERS in include the Atlantique and the Orion. civil and military service.

All known Western, Soviet and Chinese 192 pages. A5 soft-back format. types are included. In addition to aircraft operated by the various air forces, navies and armies, aircraft operated by governmental bodies Over 30,000 entries listed, civil and military. are also included. Data includes serial or registration and c/n, and is presented in order of country, air arm and then serial. In the case of Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 Russia those aircraft with new style RF-prefixes, serials and associat - ed colour codes are added. For ease of use the aircraft operated by the US air arms are in order of type rather than serial. UK& IRELAND Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 QUICK REFERENCE 2018

This 168-page title in our long-established AIRLINE FLEETS QR range includes: QUICK REFERENCE 2018 - UK, Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey current civil registers Annual edition of this very successful title. - UK and Ireland current military serials The content gives the fleets of all the oper - - UK-based US military serials ators you are likely to see with jet and tur - - Comprehensive listing of 1200+ over - bine equipment at any of the world's major seas-registered aircraft based in the UK & airports down to approximately the size of Ireland a Jetstream. - The best listing of the airfields and strips at which UK and Irish registered aircraft Nearly 170 countries and 1700 operators are based, and which aircraft were based there at the time of going to in 304 pages. A5 soft-back format. press, plus tower frequencies - UK & Ireland Aircraft Museums and the aircraft to be seen at them, plus web addresses INCLUDES LISTING COVERING CORPORATE & VIP AIRLINERS - Includes all aircraft, gliders, microlights, balloons etc plus - Aircraft carrying only military or period markings cross-referenced to their UK registrations Members: £9.95. Non-Members: £12.50 Prices awaited

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EUROPEAN REGISTERS Airline Fleets 2018 HANDBOOK 2017 The Civil Registers of the British Isles 2018 Business Jets International 2018 The 32nd edition of this market leader cov - will follow later. ers 46 countries west of Russia (excluding UK). Listing all known current powered air - craft, gliders, sailplanes, balloons and Please check the website for availability ulms with all available c/ns and identities included in the printed book and CD.. CD-AIRLINES OF THE BRITISH ISLES SINCE 1919 (CD) NOTE: This year, to make the publication easier to handle, it is made up of two A4- This CD provides a narrative for every size books containing country registration British airline company since 1919, over letters:- 800 in all, together with their fleet lists. These details are complemented by a Part 1: CS- to F comprehensive range of photographs Part 2: HA- to 9H from Air-Britain’s huge photo archive, the vast majority never before published, Also included is a CD of the text only (no Details are included of short-lived ‘paper’ pictures). airlines and those that never got off the ground. The contents of this CD are the The books and CD are one package - product of countless hours’ research over parts 1 & 2 are not sold separately. the past decade and provide a baseline resource for the serious stu - dent and an equally enjoyable experience for the civil aviation and air transport enthusiast. By releasing it in electronic format, it is fully searchable. REDUCED PRICE REDUCED PRICE Members: £10.00 Non-Members: £10.00 Members: £15.00. Non-Members: £20.00 SOPWITH DOVE. - A SPORTING DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 BIPLANE WITH FIGHTER FOREBEARS THE FIRST SEVENTY YEARS Philip Jarrett Jennifer Gradidge

With the ending of the First World War the This massive A4 hard-back book, printed Sopwith Aviation Company was quick to in two volumes to ensure robustness, is produce aeroplanes aimed at the per - not just a new version of Air-Britain's ceived new market for civil aviation. One of famous 1984 edition - it is intensely its first offerings was the Dove, a sporting revised and greatly expanded to over 700 two-seat biplane said to be based on the pages, with some 140 colour photos much-loved Pup fighter of 1916 but actual - added to an extensive new black and ly having more in common with the later white selection. Snipe. Drawing on the expertise of numerous The author’s detailed history of this previously poorly-recorded type, of specialists from around the world, this book contains the results of which only a few were built, includes the unique single-seater which painstaking research on civil aircraft, and is supported by a wealth of Bert Hinkler planned to fly to Australia, the Doves exported to Canada, previously unpublished information on military using the USA, UK, Australia and Sweden, and the reproduction Dove now to be based Canada, Australia, south-east Asia and elsewhere. with the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden. A fine set of scale drawings by Mick Davis rounds off this monograph, which is profusely Full details of the known histories of almost 11,000 aircraft that were illustrated and features many hitherto unpublished photographs. built in the United States are provided, with added sections on the Russian Li-2 and Japanese production, as well as the various Turbo Members £14.95 Non-Members £19.95 conversions.

There is also an invaluable registration-c/n cross-reference and exten - ON THE WINGS OF A GULL sive details of the many operators of this iconic aircraft. PERCIVAL AND HUNTING AIRCRAFT David W Gearing Members: £42.50 Non-Members: £63.75

The full story of Percival and Hunting air - DOUGLAS DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 - VOL.3 craft: the record-breaking Gull family, the 75th ANNIVERSARY Proctor, the Prentice, the Prince and Jennifer Gradidge Pembroke, the Provost and Jet Provost, and finally the BAC Jet Provost T5 and the Nobody has documented the iconic Strikemaster. Douglas DC-3 more thoroughly than Air- Britain. Douglas DC-1, 2, 3 - Volume 3 More than 1,000 photographs, many not elaborates on the landmark volumes pub - published before, 32 pages of them in lished in 2005 and reveals thousands of colour, 3-view drawings, with full produc - additional details. It includes a treasure tion lists of all Percival and Hunting types. A special book on a fasci - trove of diverse articles about the type, nating manufacturer. A4 Hardback with dustcover. 416 pages including over 250 black & white photos from the 32 in colour . 1930s to the present, most published for Members:£29.95 Non-members:£44.95 the first time, plus memorabilia. A must for all fans of this incredible aeroplane. TRUCULENT TRIBES. TURBULENT 272 pages + 32 pages in colour. SKIES. THE RAF IN THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST 1919-1939 Members:£29.95 Non-members:£44.95 Vic Flintham AMCAR In 1920 the fledgling Royal Air Force was American Civil Aircraft Review tasked with enforcing British rule in Mesopotamia, an area roughly correspon - ding to modern-day Iraq and Kuwait. This This quarterly magazine, available in tough assignment involved flying in paper format, covers all daily USA, CANA - extreme climate – sometimes over per - DIAN & BRAZILIAN Register updates. ilous terrain - dealing with tribes that were often hostile, and struggling to keep inade - We currently have in stock issues from quate aircraft and vehicles operational. Number 130 to 152 inclusive.

The RAF succeeded, and it is arguable that its dedication ensured that Pease go online to see a summary of Britain continued to have an independent air force at a time when the major aircraft reviews in each issue. defence spending was being savagely cut. This book covers not only http://www.amcarusa.com/nextis.htm Mesopotamia, but the whole of the Middle East, Egypt and East Africa. It includes the RAF’s support for the pioneer long-distance flyers and When ordering, please specify the issue number(s) you require. early airline services. £8.50 each The types illustrated include the DH.9A, F.2b, Short 184, Snipe, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Handley Page O/400, Vimy, Vernon, Victoria, Nighthawk, Wapiti, *Issue 148 Jan17 = Culver Aircraft. Historical N register Fairey IIIF, Rangoon, Southampton, Blenheim, Gordon, Demon, *Issue 149 Apr17 = Gladiator, Hind and Wellesley. There are also wonderful images of Callair - the full story. Piper PA-39 C/R Production Lists officers and men at both work and leisure, armoured vehicles, aircraft *Issue 150 Jul17 = McCulloch - the full story. carriers, and of course the airfields. This visual feast is rounded off by Beech 65 Queen Air (LC) production lists four glorious full-page colour paintings and 22 maps. *Issue 151 Oct17 = 88pp with first historical Canadian Aircraft Register + 3 downloadable pdf supplements A4 hardback. 320 pages + index. 560 photographs. *Issue 152 Jan18 = Beech Queen Air Production List. Annual Historical US Aircraft register. Members £34.95 Non-Members £52.50 MILES AIRCRAFT - The Post-War Years MILES AIRCRAFT THE EARLY YEARS Reading and Newtownards The Story of F G Miles and his 1945-1948 Peter Amos Aeroplanes 1925-1939 Peter Amos The culmination of decades of meticulous research, this massive volume tells the The full story of one of the most radical story of Miles Aircraft during arguably its British designers and most innovative but certainly its most diffi - manufacturers creator of the distinctive cult period. Miles Hawk series of monoplanes and the Magister up to World War Two. Peter Amos concludes that the collapse of the company was orchestrated by a finan - A4 hardback. Dustcover. 448pages which cial advisor to the company. He also include 10 in colour argues that the M.52 would have achieved supersonic flight, ahead of the Americans, had the project not been Members: £34.95. Non-Members: £52.50 cancelled. MILES AIRCRAFT - The Wartime Years This volume cover the Messenger, Aerovan, Gemini, Marathon and Production, Research & Development Merchantman, the Martinet Trainer conversion for the Royal Navy, During World War II plus all of the company’s many design studies.Detailed individual his - Peter Amos tories of all aircraft produced in this period, plus reproductions of advertisements and numerous technical drawings are provided. There This second volume continues the story are more than 600 photographs, many of which have not been pub - with the trials and tribulations of Miles lished before. Aircraft during the Second World War. The accompanying CD contains much additional material on the The stories of the Magister and the Master demise of the company and production of various types, and many are completed and for the first time the full hundreds of additional photographs. A4 448-page hardback book + range of experimental aircraft prototypes CD. Available separately, the Appendices on the CD have been pro - and the vast extent of Miles projected duced as a 352-page softback book. designs and innovative ideas are detailed. This includes the "X" series of transport aircraft and concludes with the first part of the story of the Miles M.52 High Speed Research Aircraft. A4 hardback with dustjacket and appendices all on CD Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50 Prior to Rolls Royce divesting its interest in Phillips and Powis Aircraft in April 1941, F G Miles had concerned himself mainly with technical (Printed appendices also available - see website) matters but, with the business back in the hands of the Miles family, F G had to turn his attention to administration, so George Miles took over the duties of Technical Director and Chief Designer. In fact George was responsible for many of the wartime and post-war designs.

Covering the large scale production of training aircraft and target-tow - ers this volume also focuses on Miles’ problem with the Ministry of Aircraft Production and its attendant bureaucracy.

History of SOUTHERN AIRCRAFT Uniquely, the story is supported by a fully comprehensive history of (GATWICK) LTD, 1939 - 1962 each individual aircraft built during the period. 432 pages including 16 in colour. by Peter Amos & Brian Buss

In 1935, John Coxon set up Southern A4 hardback with dustjacket, including appendices on CD Motor & Aircraft Company, which in November 1938, moved to Gatwick Airport Members: £34.95 Non-members: £47.50 to undertake the sale and maintenance of light aircraft and shortly afterwards, it changed its name to Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd. On the outbreak of war in DE HAVILLAND DROVER September 1939, the company became Australia’s Outback Workhorse part of the Civilian Repair Organisation and handled a large variety of different aircraft, besides designing and Flying across the Australian Outback, manufacturing components for RAF aircraft. Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands, the story of the Drover by Post-war, Southern Aircraft (Gatwick) Ltd, purchased various surplus acclaimed Australian author Geoff RAF aircraft for refurbishment and sale and undertook other engineer - Goodall, demonstrates that it was not a ing activities until Gatwick Airport was closed for redevelopment in Dove with an extra engine, but a replace - 1954. ment for the pre-war Dragon. The issue with the variable pitch propellers, is exam - This book, derived from detailed research and with full support of the ined together with the attempts to solve Coxon family archives, comprehensively describes the history and this and the subsequent fitting of Lycoming growth of the company from its inception in 1935 to its final demise in engines. the 1960s. It particularly covers in detail all the aircraft handled along with a large number of previously unpublished photographs. The type’s service with Qantas, TAA, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and subsequent third level operators is dealt with in detail. There is a £16.95 comprehensive production history, drawings by Juanita Franzi and over 160 photographs, many not published before.

Members: £14.95. Non-Members: £19.95 W&R LOCAL AVIATION COLLECTIONS OTHER AIR-BRITAIN BOOKS IN STOCK The UK's Regional Aeronautical Treasures SPECIAL OFFERS Memb Non-Memb Ken Ellis Jet Airliners of the World 1949-2007 £15.00 £15.00 Britain has a wealth of museums of all Turboprop Airliners of the World1949-2012 £15.00 £15.00 sizes, all with incredible exhibits, yet the Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943 £15.00 £15.00 'big' collections tend to get the limelight. All Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms-Targets, £15.00 £15.00 over the UK are amazing aircraft collec - Drones and UAVs in British Military Service tions, containing aircraft of world, national RAF - Flying Training & Support Units or regional importance, many of which the since 1912 £15.00 £15.00 curators of the national institutions would Highways to the Empire-Long Distance love to have. Flying Between the Wars £15.00 £15.00 The Triple Alliance - the Predecessors of With region-by-region coverage, the backgrounds of the formative the first British Airways £10.00 £10.00 museums of Great Britain are highlighted along with the pedigrees of their most significant exhibits. Included are such icons as the de Havilland Aircraft Museum - home of the Mosquito; the Brooklands, Aviation Collections of North America £22.50 £29.50 Museum - headquarters of Sopwith, Hawker and Vickers; the 2nd Edition Helicopter Museum - the world's largest rotorcraft collection and Aviation Collections of Mainland Europe. £23.50 £28.00 Solent Sky - shrine to flying-boats and the Spitfire. 2nd Edition Aviation Collections of the RestoftheWorld £22.50 £28.00 Across Britain are many local collections that helped to pioneer this RAF Flying Training & Support Units country's incredible aviation heritage and the role of enthusiasts is since 1912 £15.00 £15.00 highlighted with a profile of the first of them all - the Northern Aircraft Preservation Society and its lineage. Among the 'regionals' are the Texans & Harvards in Latin America £15.00 £15.00 Dumfries and Galloway, Solway, North East, Newark, Norfolk and Bleriot in Britain 1899-1927 £15.00 £15.00 Suffolk, Yorkshire and Berkshire museums. Red Sea Caravan £15.00 £15.00 Spitfire International £20.00 £20.00 Smaller collections have incredible stories to tell, for example the Rise from the East £15.00 £15.00 Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum - the home of British flight The Story of 247 Squadron test; the RAF Air Defence Radar Museum - devoted to the vital 'mag - Aviation In Cornwall £15.00 £15.00 ic eye' of the Battle of Britain, the Glenn Miller Museum - at the airfield The Convairliners Story £22.50 £27.00 from which the band leader departed to his doom and Fort Paul The DH4/DH9 File £12.00 £12.00 Armouries - dominated by the enormous Beverley airlifter. Hawks Rising The Story of 25 Squadron £10.00 £10.00 Over 150 museums and their most important exhibits are profiled with Flat Out-The Story of 30 Squadron £10.00 £10.00 over 250 photographs, both archive and in full colour. Like the other Royal Navy Serials & Units 1911-1919 £12.00 £12.00 titles in the series, Britain's Local Aviation Treasures is a unique refer - Gifts of War-Presentation Aircraft ence for anyone interested in Britain's aviation heritage and it provides in Two World Wars £37.50 £55.00 inspiration for a tour of discovery of the 'unknown' gems of the UK. Royal Air Force Aircraft Serials Hardback, 224 pages, 180 B/W & 96 colour photos AA100-AZ999 £15.00 £15.00 BA100-BZ999 £13.00 £19.50 £19.95 EA100-EZ999 £13.00 £19.50 XA100-XZ999 £10.00 £10.00

CD Air-Britain Books, Pamphlets & Leaflets Volume 1 1948-1966 £7.95 £9.95 TURBOPROP AIRLINER PRODUCTION Volume 2 1967-1971 £7.95 £9.95 LIST - Vol.1 Volume 3 1972-1975 £7.95 £9.95 AJ Aviation Publishing (October 2016) Volume 4 1976-1977 £7.95 £9.95 Volume 5 1978-1979 £7.95 £9.95 Turboprop Airliner Production List -Vol. 1 Volume 6 1980-1981 £7.95 £9.95 has been totally revised and updated. Part 1 gives full production and service histo - CD Bases The Encyclopedia of Airfields & £14.95 £19.95 ries of EVERY FEATURED AIRCRAFT Military Flying Units in Britain since 1912 that has entered service since the start of the Turboprop age. Each aircraft is listed CD Trait D’Union-First 20years £14.95 £19.95 by manufacturer and type in construction number sequence. Each individual entry then lists line number (where applicable), sub-type, and first flight date where AIR-BRITAIN known. The entry then goes on to list every registration carried by the airframe, owners and delivery dates, leases, crash or withdrawal from service dates and any other relevant infor - SECOND-HAND MAGAZINE mation. AND BOOK MART There is a complete cross reference of registration to c/n for every fea - tured aircraft.. ATR.42, ATR.72, BAe ATP, BAe Jetstream 31, BAe Jetstream 41, Bristol Britannia, Canadair CL-44, DHC-8, DHC-8 400, Fairchild F-27A, Fairchild FH-227, Handley Page Herald, Lockheed + AIR-BRITAIN MAGAZINE BACK ISSUES Electra, Vickers Vanguard, Vickers Viscount & Viking DHC-6 Twin (2016 AND EARLIER) Otter 400.

Turboprop Airliner Production List - Vol. 1 is available in a handy A5 size, softback. Go to www.air-britain.com/magmart.pdf £16.45 PROPLINER ANNUAL 2017 PK- NETHERLANDS REGISTER 1929-1942 Propliner Annuals continue the publication of the former quarterly magazine which This book, in A4 format with 56 pages unfortunately terminated in 2015. gives a detailed overview of all aircraft which to 1942 (the capitulation of the 2017: 108 pages Dutch East Indies) in the Dutch-Indies air - craft register. The registry gives a fascinat - ing picture of civil aviation activities in Dutch East Indies, especially because £13.95 there is also an overview given of the air - craft which before 1929 (when the registry was "opened") were used, and a descrip - tion is given for each aircraft type with the backgrounds of the use and users in Dutch East Indies. Returns a piece of aviation history, which is now far behind us, brought to life. BLACKBUSHE - London's lost airport 1942-1960 NOTE: THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN DUTCH £10.00 This new history of Blackbushe Airport contains a wealth of information on the operations of the various based units dur - ing World War II, detailing operations and losses. SURVIVORS - Gatwick Aviation Society in associa - This new history of Blackbushe Airport tion with Complete Classics contains a wealth of information on the 2017 / 5th edition, by Roy Blewett operations of the various based units dur - ing World War II, detailing operations and As with previous editions, the aim remains losses. The book then goes on to cover to locate all surviving examples of older the operations, trials and tribulations of the various independent air - generation transport aircraft. lines that started their life at Blackbushe, their histories and their diverse fleets of aircraft of the period, mainly well used hand me Detailed by aircraft type within manufactur - downs, as well as in the latter days, a smattering of new aircraft. There er. is also coverage of the US Navy operations from Blackbushe, and their aircraft. There are well over nearly 250 photographs, both colour and A5 size hardback black & white, some of which may have seen the light of day in the dis - 288 pages including colour photographs at tant past, as well as a goodly number from new sources. Douglas DC- the back of the book. 3/C-47s, Douglas DC-4/C-54, Vickers Vikings, Vickers Viscounts, £21.95 Bristol 170s, Handley Page Halifax, Handley Page Hermes & Avro Yorks galore, to name but a few, as well as the odd C-46 Commando and Short Stirling and a selection of the diverse military types to visit. There are fleet lists for resident airlines (during their time at Blackbushe), and a listing of other aircraft also based at Blackbushe LONDON CITY AIRPORT over the years. There is also a selection of what the author considers interesting air craft visiting Blackbushe during its civilian tenure. On Thursday, 5 November 1987, Her £16.50 Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opened London City Airport, Britain's only entirely new airport since World War Two. It was a momentous occasion. Airliners in Belgium SABENA HELICOPTERS In its first full year London City Airport An Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw publi - moved 133,000 passengers. In 2017 it is cation - 'BCARG Special 16' expected to reach five million. Revised edition May 2017 To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary This publication tells the story of each indi - Malcolm Ginsberg, Editor in Chief vidual aircraft operated by Sabena on their Business Travel News, takes the reader through the history of the helicopter network. London Docklands, once the busiest port in the world, the controver - 70 pages. History plus Black/white photos sial birth of the airport and with it the development of Canary Wharf of each aircraft listed. and Excel, the DLR and, imminently, Crossrail. Contentiously, as things stand, what is now the Elizabeth Line does not stop at the air - £15.00 port.

Having first visited the site in February 1982 and recommended it as AIR-BRITAIN MAGAZINE BINDERS 'worth a look' Malcolm is uniquely placed to relate the history of the air - port year by year together with a timeline of major UK and internation - To hold: al events. 6 copies of Air-Britain News £10.50 each Well-endowed with images, this is a fascinating story that would make our enterprising Victorian forebears who built the docks proud. A4 binders for 12 copies of 2017 and before issues of Aviation World (note, 2018 onwards will be 72 pages and the binders may Hardback, A4 size, 228 pages, Well illustrated therefore hold less than 6 copies). £10.50 each £25.00 www.air-britain.co.uk

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