THE SOLENT SKY
Written by Peter T. New
Published by Southampton Printers
in 1976
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- AIR FORCE
- HAMPSHIRE
- ISLE OF WIGHT
THE SOLENT SKY
Written by Peter T. New.
Stock no. 1830444
1st.
1976.
Softcover.
Large format.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A local history of aviation from 1908 to 1946 with special reference to Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport. Foreword by Squadron Leader L.F. Payne. Large format. Card wraps. B/w photos. 118 pages. Text block browned. Contents generally clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby with some foxing.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword - by Squadron Leader L.F. Payne M.B.E.
- Chapter 1 Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines
- Chapter 2 World War One (WW1)
- Chapter 3 The Atlantic Park
- Chapter 4 Southampton's Marine Airport and Hamble
- Chapter 5 A Year of Promise
- Chapter 6 The Municipal Aerodrome
- Chapter 7 The RAF Eastleigh
- Chapter 8 Southampton Airport
- Chapter 9 Pre-War Days
- Chapter 10 HMS Raven
- Chapter 11 World War Two (WW2)
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements