Beyond the blue horizon: On the track of Imperial Airways [Hardcover]

Alexander Frater (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 430 pages
• Publisher: Scribner (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684188376
• ISBN-13: 978-0684188379
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,024,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you like travel and aviation you'll love this, October 16, 1998

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This review is from: Beyond the blue horizon: On the track of Imperial Airways (Hardcover)

This is excellent and one of those rare books that you can read again and again. Alexander Frater writes about a journey he made using modern air transport that retraces the original route of Imperial Airways (predecessor of today's British Airways) on their pioneering route from London to Brisbane, Australia in the 1930's. Not only is it an extremely interesting travelogue but it also is highly informative in a historical sense. There are also many funny and poignant moments that he relates from his journey. The only downside is that unfortunately it is currently out of print

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars available again, November 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beyond the blue horizon: On the track of Imperial Airways (Hardcover)

this book is currently available in paperback from amazon.co.u

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book to be stranded on a desert isle with, March 10, 2002

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This review is from: Beyond the blue horizon: On the track of Imperial Airways (Hardcover)

As an airline employee and aviation enthusiant I love this book. I have finished my fifth reading of it and I keep discovering more insight. I can read it for hours and slip away from present existence to Alexander Frater's world. Truly one of the greatest books for those who love airlines and different cultures. Wonderful.....