The 1960s featured a heady mixture of propellers and turbojets, aeroplanes of character and grace, and color schemes that flattered the lines of aircraft rather than the egos of airlines. This exciting volume features 150 color photographs taken during the 1960s. Each photograph is fully captioned with date, location, and the fate of the featured aircraft. Climb aboard!
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Gerry Manning is a well-known English photographer who specializes in civil aviation. He is the author of several books and articles on the subject and travels widely in search of interesting aircraft and airlines around the world.
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This is a very fine book about a great changeover period in civil aviation-the switch from piston power to turbine.Uniquely, the 1960s saw piston powered airliners operating in large (though steadily diminshing as the decade went on) numbers alongside their turbojet/fan and turboprop replacements. A visit to an airport at that time therefore produced a fascinating mixture of old and new and the last chance to see piston powered airliners operating in large numbers. Also, as the book rightly points out, airline liveries then were far more attractive than today's "Eurowhite" efforts. As the author says "Liveries were designed to flatter the aircraft's looks, not the airline's ego." Terrific photographs of both piston and turbine powered airliners, with very informative and long captions about all of these. In all, a great book and well worth the money for anyone interested in old airliners.
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Beirut, Lebanon is the home of MEA - Middle East Airlines which from 1945 to this day has flown scheduled passenger services to many locations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
radial piston engines, scheduled passenger services, charter operations, charter work, first flown, flag carrier, scheduled services Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Liverpool Speke, London Gatwick, Vickers Viscount, British Eagle, Manchester Ringway, Bristol Britannia, British United, Palma Majorca, Republic of Congo, Aer Lingus, Air Ferry, Air France, British Airways, London Heathrow, World War, Austrian Airlines, British Midland, Channel Airways, Dominican Republic, Frankfurt Rhein Main, Laker Airways New!
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