Time Flies - Heathrow at 60
In 1946 a handful of airlines made only 9,000 flights to 18 destinations. In 2000 more than 90 airlines served around 160 destinations worldwide, operating an average of 1,250 flights per day. Alan Gallop chronicles Heathrow's first 60 years, exploring how a small agricultural community on the outskirts of London became the site of the world?s leading international airport.
The story opens on January 1, 1946, Heathrow's first official day of operations, when an Avro Lancastrian operated by British South American Airways inaugurated the airport's first ever flight: a 35-hour journey to Buenos Aires, Argentina. In tracing one of many first-hand accounts, Gallop has spoken to some of those who served as crew on that very first flight. Bringing together Heathrow's human and commercial history, the book includes stories from all of the airport's six decades, told by the people who were there.
Using previously unpublished interviews and illustrations, this is a sometimes critical but always balanced and entertaining look at the triumphs, tribulations, and controversies that made Heathrow what it is today.
256pp; hardbound
£20.00
code: SP38404
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