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History of British European Airways
1946 - 1972
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2006
BEA was formed in 1946 and took over most UK domestic and European routes under the British government's nationalisation policy. It began operations with a fleet of outdated and hopelessly uneconomic passenger aircraft that were derivatives of wartime types such as the DC-3, Avro Viking and Rapide....
Flying from My Mind
Innovative and Record-breaking Microlight and Aircraft Designs
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
This fascinating story begins in 1973 when David Cook built a glider in an attempt to win the Selsey Birdman Rally – an annual event where all types of creations are launched from the end of Bognor Pier. Between 1975 and 1977 he won every National and International hang gliding competition entered...
VC10: Icon of the Skies
BOAC, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a well-researched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks; just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC1O?
Politics played an important part of course, as did BOAC’s tactics, and a ’who...
Fabulous Flying Boats
A History of the World's Passenger Flying Boats
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
The history of the development and operations of flying boats in the early twentieth century is a vibrant one, full of colourful characters and experimentation. In 'Fabulous Flying Boats', Leslie Dawson captures this spirit of dynamism, reminding us of the most successful early pioneers of the seaplanes...
The Sterling Years
Small Arms and the Men
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
This is the story of the manufacture, development and usage of one of the most famous submachine Guns ever produced by a British Firm Designed at the end of WW2 it saw limited use on a trial basis, carried by paratroopers during the battle of Arnhem, but since the British Forces had plenty of Sten...
Boeing 707 Group
A History
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber. It was the aircraft that many regard as the design...
Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Tracing Your Northern Irish Ancestors is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in archives throughout Northern Ireland. Many records, like the early twentieth-century census returns and school registers, will be familiar to researchers,...
by Kirsty Gray
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
This book is an essential handbook for those researching their ancestry in the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset and the city of Bristol. It begins with an introduction to the identity of ‘The West Country’, its geography and history over the centuries. It then guides family historians...
Tracing Your East End Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
‘East Enders are a very special breed and tracing your East End ancestry is going to be tremendous fun. Everyone has got some East End ancestors - and if they haven’t they invent them, rollicking chaps, larky and resourceful, talking a funny language to keep “them” guessing, eating at eel...
Tracing Your Pauper Ancestors
A Guide for Family Historians
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2009
Many family historians will come across direct links to ancestors who were affected by poverty. Yet despite the burgeoning interest in genealogy, the history of pauperism and of poor relief has rarely been written about, and no previous book has provided a guide to documents and records that family...
by Stephen Wade
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Did you have a criminal in the family, an ancestor who was caught on the wrong side of the law? If you have ever had any suspicions about the illicit activities of your relatives, or are fascinated by the history of crime and punishment, this is the book for you. Stephen Wade’s useful introduction...
Dark Days of Georgian Britain
Rethinking the Regency
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
A historian reveals the grittier side of Regency England, far from the country houses and costume balls of high society.
Often upheld as a period of elegance with many achievements in the fine arts and architecture, the Regency era also encompassed a time of great social, political, and economic...
Baghdad Operators
Ex Special Forces in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
p across worn torn Iraq in the spring 2003. Discover how they used their unique military skills to create a successful security company with over 300 employees during the early days of the occupation. See how Iraq was torn apart from the inside from someone who was there and get an insight into what...
Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel
Britain's First Female Serial Killer
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
A female thief, with four husbands, a lover and, reportedly, over twelve children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her stepson in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed and when they are found to contain arsenic, she is suspected...