| Dorset Aviation Through Time Contributor(s): Phipp, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 144569848X ISBN-13: 9781445698489 Publisher: Amberley Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - General - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (0.60 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Often regarded as a quiet holiday county, in fact Dorset has many aviation connections. As early as 1908 Bleriots were being built by Bournemouth businessmen, the Royal Navy undertook first landing on a warship at Weymouth in 1910, the Schneider Race was held at Bournemouth in 1913, Dorset was at the front line of the early days of the Battle of Britain with attacks on Portland Naval Base, the Dam Busters bouncing bomb was tested on Dorset ranges in 1943, and aircraft production factories at Christchurch and Bournemouth existed in the 1940 and 1950s. With a wealth of previously unpublished images, Mike Phipp tells this remarkable story. |