Flying to the Sun

Auteur

Charles Woodley is a lifelong aviation enthusiast who first visited Gatwick in 1958. He is the author of several books and many magazine articles on historical aviation subjects, including the successful "Heathrow: The First 50 Years" and "BOAC: A History" for The History Press. A long-time member of Air-Britain, he founded and ran for over ten years the Grampian Airtouring Society, the local aviation enthusiasts society for the Aberdeenshire area. He lives in Aberdeenshire."

Texte du rabat

The story of Britain's package-holiday airlines, from war-surplus Dakotas to wide-bodied Airbuses.

Résumé
The end of the Second World War not only brought peace to a war-weary population but also delivered a plethora of surplus transport aircraft, crew and engineers, which could be easily and cheaply repurposed to 'lift' the mood of the British population.