Airwork: A History - Softcover

Mccloskey, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752479725 ISBN 13: 9780752479729

Publisher: The History Press, 2012

Synopsis

Airwork Ltd/Airwork Services, now owned by Vt group plc, has a long and distinguished history. It played an important role in defence support seArm and overseas air forces, as well as in the development of civil aviation. Created at Heston in 1928, it maintained Whitley bombers and de Havilland Tiger Moths in the 1930s and established the precursors of the post-Ww2 airlines in Egypt, India and Rhodesia. Post-war it was the first airline to be awarded a troop flying contract and expanded into civil aviation, developing flights to Africa and the Us. The main independent airline in the 1950s, it became part of British United Airways in 1960, also establishing many airlines around the world, including Deutsche Flugdienst (Condor), Misr-Airwork (Egyptair), and the Sudanese National Airline. Here Keith McCloskey presents the first history of this important airline and reveals its impact on aviation history.

About this title

About the Author:

Keith McCloskey is an export trader with a life-long passion for aviation and its history. His father was a pilot for Aer Lingus and his mother an air stewardess, also with Aer Lingus. Keith has previously written Glasgow's Airport and Edinburgh's Airport for The History Press. In his working life he met many people who had worked for Airwork, especially in Africa and the Middle East, and was inspired to write a history of this hugely influential company.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0752479725
• ISBN 13: 9780752479729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272