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    THE MAN WHO INVENTED FLYING BOATS
    Malcolm Turner
    • 7 min

    THE MAN WHO INVENTED FLYING BOATS

    An excerpt from Peter Pigott's forthcoming book: The Golden Age of Flying Boats
    BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ENTREPRENEURS
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    BRITAIN'S AIRLINE ENTREPRENEURS

    From the end of the Second World War the British airline industry produced a series of brilliant entrepreneurs,
    The World Had Shrunk - an extract from our new book, de Havilland Comet, by James Carlton
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    The World Had Shrunk - an extract from our new book, de Havilland Comet, by James Carlton

    For each generation there is a machine, often a vehicle, that is prized for much more than its mechanical purpose. The de Havilland Comet wa
    The planes that never reached BOAC
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    The planes that never reached BOAC

    Of the many airliners proposed by British aircraft manufacturers immediately after the war, only two would make significant profits.
    The VC10
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    The VC10

    An extract from BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying Despite the early success of the 707, the British aircraft industry was not yet ready t...
    The Handley Page biplanes
    Malcolm Turner
    • 1 min

    The Handley Page biplanes

    An extract from BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying Introduced in 1931, the Handley Page HP.42 (for long-range eastern routes) and HP.45 (f...
    The Flying Boats
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    The Flying Boats

    An extract from BOAC and the Golden Age of Flying In 1924, Short Brothers, Britain’s oldest aircraft manufacturer, produced the first of ...
    The Sixties
    Malcolm Turner
    • 3 min

    The Sixties

    Between 1960 and 1970 the number of passengers carried by BOAC almost quadrupled.
    Striking pilots - a problem since the 1920s
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    Striking pilots - a problem since the 1920s

    The current British Airways pilots’ strike is the latest manifestation of a problem which bedevilled BOAC and Imperial Airways throughout...
    De Havilland Comet - The plane that changed the world
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    De Havilland Comet - The plane that changed the world

    In October we shall be publishing James Carlton's new book: De Havilland Comet, The plane that changed the world. Here is a brief extract...
    The Beauty of Transport
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    The Beauty of Transport

    ‘If this business were split up, I would give you the land and bricks and mortar, and I would take the brands and trademarks, and I would...
    The Speedbird
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    The Speedbird

    BOAC's iconic Speedbird logo was first used in 1932.
    The Junior Jet Club
    Malcolm Turner
    • 2 min

    The Junior Jet Club

    A marketing innovation which paid huge dividends for BOAC was the Junior Jet Club.
    The Great Planes
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    The Great Planes

    One of the most remarkable aircraft operated by BOAC was the de Havilland Mosquito.
    Flying's Golden Age
    Malcolm Turner
    • 4 min

    Flying's Golden Age

    The unmistakable message of the movie was that jets, especially BOAC jets, are the way that glamorous people travel.
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