Wings across the world : An Illustrated History of British Airways Used Like New *** MINT ****

This beautiful book - which contains some nice colour illustrations, maps and photographs - will take you to a journey through the History of British Airways.

More than any other single event, man's conquest of flight may be said to have made the twentieth century what it is. The development of aviation had a transforming effect on travel, communications and warfare. The history of British Airways provides a microcosm of the worldwide development of civil aviation over the past sixty years. It is a story which began with wartime planning of an airline and led to the first scheduled flight on August 25th, 1919, when a de Havilland DH.4A flew from Hounslow ( London, England ) to Le Bourget ( Paris, France ), carrying an intriguingly mixed cargo of Devonshire cream, leather, newspaper and grouse.
The writing of Wings across the world presented the author with a task ideally suited to his standing as one of the world's foremost aviation historians.