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Colin Cruddas - In Wiltshire´s Skies - 9780752432359 - V9780752432359
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In Wiltshire´s Skies

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Description for In Wiltshire´s Skies Paperback. A history of aviation in Wiltshire Num Pages: 128 pages, 200ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWW; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 167 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.

In 1911, Larkhill, near Durrington Down on Salisbury Plain, became Britain's first military airfield. Along with similar flying training bases constructed at nearby Upavon and Netheravon, it was to occupy a cornerstone position in Wiltshire's early aviation history. It was these establishments, in addition to those at Gosport, Eastchurch, Farnborough and Montrose, that formed the only Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service aerodromes in the British Isles when war was declared in August 1914.

During a century of powered flight (1903-2003), some forty airfields and landing grounds have provided a useful, indeed significant, service within the county boundaries. Several ... Read more

In Wiltshire's Skies throws a wide net over the locations, events and many colourful personalities which have shaped the county's aeronautical heritage. It now joins the author's previously published volumes on neighbouring counties, Dorset and Hampshire, to complete a personal trilogy in the History Press Images of Aviation series.

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Product Details

Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752432359
SKU
V9780752432359
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Ref
99-5

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