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Silver City Airways: Pioneer of the Skies
Keith Dagwell
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Paperback. Silver City Airways rose from obscure beginnings to pioneer and become world famous for its cross-channel car ferry service. Ranging from running scheduled passenger flights around the country to breaking speed records across the Atlantic and flying Dakotas in the Libyan desert, this book tells the story of Silver City Airways airline. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; KNGV; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171 x 10. Weight in Grams: 418.
Silver City Airways rose from obscure beginnings to pioneer and become world famous for its cross-Channel car ferry service. When the only alternative was a slow sea crossing, Silver City became the carrier of choice for business people and the celebrities of their day who wanted to take their vehicles across the Channel. Everyone who was anyone, from the Prime Minister to royalty, flew Silver City. Based in Kent on the Dungeness Peninsular, and eventually expanding to Southampton, in its hey-day the airline ran 240 flights a day and was busier than Heathrow!
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752453620
SKU
V9780752453620
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
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