Croydon to Concorde

Gillman, Catain R. E

ISBN 10: 071953741X / ISBN 13: 9780719537417

Published by John Murray, London, 1980

About this Item

Fine blue cloth. No inscriptions or marks with a near fine unclipped dustjacket. "Ron Gillman turns to his thirty years of civil aviation since the Second World War, years of amazing technical progress in which aircraft have developed unbelievably fast. His personal flying experience covers the whole gamut from the biplane days to Concorde by way of the first prop-jets, the pure jets and the wide-bodied Jumbos." ; Black & white photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 230 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Croydon to Concorde
• Publisher: John Murray, London
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 071953741X
• ISBN 13: 9780719537417
• Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Gillman, Catain R.E Croydon To Concorde. First Edition. London, John Murray, 1980. 15 x 22 cm. 230 pages including photographs and index. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following The De Havilland Express Airliner / The Junkers 52 / The Avro XIX / The first Comet / The Rolls-Royce RB-211 / The NASA/Boeing 737 electronic attitude indicator. Here Gillman turns to his thirty years of civil aviation since the Second World War, years of amazing technical progress in which aircraft have developed unbelievable fast. His personal flying experience covers the whole gamut from the biplane days to Concorde by way of the first prop-jets, the pure jets and the wide-bodied Jumbos.