Manchester Airport, 1938-98
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2007
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-1954-8 (ISBN)
Sutton Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-1954-8 (ISBN)
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Published to mark the diamond anniversary of its opening in 1938, this history of Manchester Airport looks not only at the physical development of the airport and the aircraft that have used it, but also at the military operations that took place there.
The UK's foremost locally-owned airport, Manchester opened on 25 June 1938. Since then it has developed into the 19th busiest airport in the world, in terms of international passengers. The airport now serves more than 17 million travellers per annum, while in the airfield's first 14 months before the outbreak of World War II, there were a mere 8000 passengers. As well as covering the dramatic physical development of the airport - the new terminals and runways that have been necessary - and the aircraft that have flown into and out of Manchester, Alan Schofield has researched the military operations that took place from 1938 to 1960. Wartime documents and photographs illustrate many aspects of the RAF's activities, including parachute training, development of gliding techniques and the operations of 613 Squadron, as well as miitary aircraft manufacture by Fairey and Avro.
The UK's foremost locally-owned airport, Manchester opened on 25 June 1938. Since then it has developed into the 19th busiest airport in the world, in terms of international passengers. The airport now serves more than 17 million travellers per annum, while in the airfield's first 14 months before the outbreak of World War II, there were a mere 8000 passengers. As well as covering the dramatic physical development of the airport - the new terminals and runways that have been necessary - and the aircraft that have flown into and out of Manchester, Alan Schofield has researched the military operations that took place from 1938 to 1960. Wartime documents and photographs illustrate many aspects of the RAF's activities, including parachute training, development of gliding techniques and the operations of 613 Squadron, as well as miitary aircraft manufacture by Fairey and Avro.
Manchester's early airfields, 1910-1938; pre-war development and civil operations, 1934-1939; Ringway's wartime military operations, 1939-46; aircraft manufacture and modification, 1937-77; 613 Squadron, 1939-57; early post-war operations, 1946-52; intercontinental status, 1953-62; the airport's growth breakthrough, 1963-78; the fifth decade - consolidation, 1979-88; the sixth decade - further growth and investment, 1989-98; statistics and tables, 1938-1998.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.2.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Sutton's Photographic History of Aviation S. |
| Vorwort | Geoff Muirhead |
| Zusatzinfo | 225 b&w photographs, tables |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 169 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 450 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7509-1954-X / 075091954X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7509-1954-8 / 9780750919548 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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