Airliners between the wars - 1919-1939

Inbunden bok. Blandford Press, Pole, Dorset. 1a uppl. 1972. 186 sidor.

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”The period dealt with by this volume covers both the birth and the growth of air transport, for there were no airlines before World War 1 except those operated by Zeppelin airships. For the airlines, therefore, the 1920s were as much a pioneering period as 1903-14 was for aviation itself, and many were the historic flights and famous men and aircraft involved. In a volume of this size the selection of aircraft to be included can only be a representative one, and for the omission of any reader's favourite type I apologise in advance. Nevertheless, the 71 aircraft illustrated do, I believe, give a reasonably balanced cross-section of the more important types, and related variants are mentioned in the text. The products of Boeing, de Havilland, Douglas, Fokker, Junkers and Lockheed figure prominently, which is as it should be.

A second apology is perhaps needed for the brevity of the aircraft descriptions, even though this volume is longer than any other in the series. In the main, space has not permitted fuller details of aircraft sold from one airline to another, and only the initial customers are normally recorded. Similarly, it has not been possible to include full registration and fleet details of types built in very large numbers. There are, however, other more comprehensive and more detailed works which do give such information, and which I am grateful to acknowledge as major sources of my own reference while compiling this volume. In particular I would mention British Civil Aircraft 1919-59, by A. J. Jackson (Putnam, 2 volumes); European Transport Aircraft since 1910, by John Stroud (Putnam); US Civil Aircraft, by Joseph P. Juptner (Aero Publishers, volumes I to 5); and A History of the World's Airlines, by R. E. G. Davies (Oxford University Press). To all of these the reader can confidently be recommended for further information about the aircraft and airlines mentioned in this volume. In addition, acknowledgment is made of items published at various times by Air Enthusiast, Air Pictorial, Air Progress, Aircraft Illustrated, Aviation Magazine, the Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society, and Profile Publications Ltd.

Advice concerning the colour schemes portrayed again came predominantly from Ian D. Huntley, and among others who kindly provided help and encouragement in various ways were Everett Cassagneres, Lt Col Nils Kindberg, W. B. Klepacki, Alec Lumsden, John Stroud and John W. R. Taylor. To them, and to Mrs Janet Howell for typing the manuscript, my thanks are extended."

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