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Flying Life: An Enthusiast´s Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s
Richard Riding
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Description for Flying Life: An Enthusiast´s Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s
Paperback. The golden pre-war age of British flying, caught by the camera of an amateur enthusiast Num Pages: 256 pages, 390 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; AJC; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 174 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the outbreak of war. During the war, Riding became an AID inspector and was seconded to Fairey Aviation, London Aircraft Production, and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, where he signed out Halifax bombers and Mosquitoes as airworthy and ready for test flying. Sadly, Riding was killed in a flying accident ... Read more
A Flying Life: An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s consists of photographs taken by E. J. Riding, the author's father, who spent his working life in the aviation industry. He was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer up to the outbreak of war. During the war, Riding became an AID inspector and was seconded to Fairey Aviation, London Aircraft Production, and the de Havilland Aircraft Company, where he signed out Halifax bombers and Mosquitoes as airworthy and ready for test flying. Sadly, Riding was killed in a flying accident ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781554463
SKU
V9781781554463
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Richard Riding
RICHARD RIDING was born in 1942 and employed as an aerial photographer during 1958-62. He was a freelance photographer in 1962-71, specialising in aerial photography and photographing pop singers for Polydor Records. Riding joined the editorial staff of Flight International magazine in 1971-73 and founded Aeroplane Monthly in 1973. Previous books include Ultralights - The Early British Classics (Patrick Stephens, ... Read more
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