- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
Scotland has a worldwide reputation for launching some of the greatest ships ever built, but far less is known about our pioneering work on aviation. Yet in the great industrial cities and remote islands across the country, men and women risked their reputations, resources and lives to advance experiments in flight. Before airliners crossed the Atlantic Ocean and bombers secretly flew into the NATO airbase at Machrihanish, pioneers of aviation worked in the unlikely surroundings of Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow among other places. Their humble flying crafts, made with wood and canvas, would become the luxurious jet-engined aircraft of today. Including the first flight over Everest, the construction of the most northerly airship station in mainland Britain and the experience of civilians and pilots during the Clydebank Blitz of 1941, Scotland's Wings is a glimpse into the dramatic and sometimes controversial adventures within Scottish aeronautics. In Scotland's Wings, Robert Jeffrey tells a fascinating history, highlighting innovators whose ideas heralded the modern age of transport and revealing how the airfields of previous years will once again be used to progress into a daring new age of travel.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Hawk, the Bat and a Near Miss with World Fame
- 2. Some Air Show – The Planes Came by Train
- 3. When Pigs did Fly, and the Capital was Bombed
- 4. Paisley Gas Bags, Dambusters and a Stowaway
- 5. Was it a Boat, Was it a Plane? A Strange Story . . .
- 6. Travelling to Work in Your Own Autogyro
- 7. The Wee Toon, the Space Shuttle and Aliens
- 8. From Lanarkshire to the Top of the World
- 9. Death of a Legend and a Base called Slaughter Hall
- 10. Ferry Across the Pond . . . and the Beauty of Concorde
- 11. Famous Numbers and Never to be Forgotten Heroes
- 12. Swastikas, Spies and Clydebank Ablaze
- 13. The Shuttle . . . Turn Up and Go and Champagne by the Tanker Load
- 14. Wars of China Teacups, Prime Steaks and Cut Prices
- 15. Hunting the Soviet Bears and Sinking the Tirpitz
- 16. Flying with the Birds and Jumping Out of Planes
- 17. The Name of the Game: Survival. The Winner: Loganair
- 18. Edinburgh vs Glasgow . . . Rivalry in the Air
- 19. Culture Flown in by the Plane Load
- 20. The Skirl of the Pipes, a Touch of Tartan and Financial Woes
- 21. The Greatest Pilot of Them All?
- 22. Heading West and North – Scotland and the Final Frontier
- Selected Sources and Suggested Further Reading
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Author