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UK Plane-makers -- A History Book 4    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 11700 words. Published on October 1, 2010. .

UK plane-makers 4 is the penultimate work in this histocial review of Britsh aviation since 1910 and takes the reader to the very beginnings at the Royal Aircraft Factory at Farnborough where the initial airplanes that were to equipment the RFC and RNAS to fight the air war in WW II were designed to be built mainly by sub-contractors. NAF 1, Sopwith, Shorts and Supermarine also feature prominately
Imperial Airways European and Empire Services    by peter dancey 
Price: $2.99 USD. 8320 words. Published on March 19, 2011. .

This second book on the origins of commercial civil flying traces the development of Imperial Airways that established services initially to Europe with their fleet of land-planes then across the world to Africa the Far East and Australia with thier famous flying-boat services. Join the flight at Southampton to experience a long-range flight of yesterday to see how it compares to those of today!