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Gatwick Airport: The First Fifty Years
Charles Woodley
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Paperback. Charles Woodley covers the development of Gatwick from its beginnings in the 1930s, through its wartime service, its closure for redevelopment and re-opening in 1958 as London's second airport. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; KNGV1; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 352.
The Gatwick story really began when two young men purchased a plot of land near Gatwick Racecourse to develop as a flying field. From these humble beginnings in the 1930s, it has become Britain’s second airport, with 34 million passengers a year passing through the terminals – and this despite it having only a single runway! This lavishly illustrated volume traces its extraordinary early history, including its varied and valuable wartime service under the auspices of the RAF, its subsequent redevelopment in the 1950s and its emergence in the 1960s and beyond – after considerable struggles – as the bustling, ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752488073
SKU
V9780752488073
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Ref
99-10
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