Clydeside Aviation Volume Two Between the Wars
Catalogue record
- Author
- Charles E. MacKay
- Subject
- Scottish Aviation History
- Published
- 21 February 2020
- Publisher
- Charles E. MacKay Books
- Pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Size
- A5, 148 by 210 millimetres
- ISBN
- 9780957344372
Cite this book
MacKay, Charles E. (2020). Clydeside Aviation Volume Two Between the Wars. ISBN 9780957344372. https://charlesmackaybooks.com/books/clydeside-aviation-vol2
About this book
Clydeside Aviation Volume Two Between the Wars ISBN: 9780957344372.
From Spitfires to Airships, Kangaroos to Moths, Autogiros to Helicopters.
The second in the Clydeside Aviation series.
It looks at aviation events in the Clydeside district from 1919 to 1939.
Explains the aeronautical events at Beardmore and Weir, the economic situation and Red Clydeside. Explores the regional airlines at Renfrew and the Scottish Flying Club with freshly researched material.
602 Squadron (City of Glasgow) Auxiliary Air Force is not neglected and starts at the DH9a with the squadron formation and ends in 1939 with the Hawker Hector, Gloster Gauntlet and Supermarine Spitfire. Squadron accidents are pointed out such as at Bishopbriggs and over Renfrewshire.
There are descriptions of 269 Squadron, 32 Squadron and 21 Squadrons at Abbotsinch. The founding of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve is explained as is the first flights of the first British helicopter.
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The 344, A5 pages are supported by over 300 rare pictures and over 40000 words.
There are fresh details on Beardmore and Weir/Cierva. The chapter on Renfrew and Abbotsinch explores the airlines such as SMT, Northern and Scottish and Railway Air Services. There are new details on air ambulances and the numerous crashes from the Beardmore Flying School and the Auxiliary Air Force. Blackburn is introduced in 1939 with the Blackburn Botha and the Blackburn Shark production at Dumbarton. The Bennie Railplane has fresh details never before published including dates and builders.
The appendix includes fresh information on H J Stieger and General Aircraft, more about Rohrbach and the Houston Everest Expedition of 1933. There is fresh detail on the Supermarine S6b with a rare description of its airframe and wings supported by photographs and drawings. There are lists of Gauntlet and Spitfire airframes of 602 Squadron. The book ends with the Spitfire flight up the East Coast of Great Britain on Empire Air Day, 20th May 1939 with Stainforth flying Spitfire K9895 from Netherhavon to Ross and Cromarty for a bottle of whisky and a haggis. (There is a mini biography of Stainforth and an account of his death in a Beaufighter.)
Highly sought after and highly collectable.
The cover is of the first practical British helicopter, the Weir W5, flown by Raymond Pullin at Dalrymple, Ayrshire in 1938.
Frequently asked questions
What does Clydeside Aviation Volume Two cover?
Volume Two covers Scottish aviation between the wars on the Clyde (1919 to 1939), including 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force, the airlines at Renfrew and Abbotsinch, Beardmore and Weir/Cierva, and the first flights of the first British helicopter.
Which aircraft did 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron fly between the wars?
Across 344 A5 pages (ISBN 9780957344372, over 300 photographs), Volume Two traces 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron Auxiliary Air Force from its formation with the Airco DH.9A through the Hawker Hector and Gloster Gauntlet to the Supermarine Spitfire in 1939, alongside 269, 32 and 21 Squadrons at Abbotsinch and Spitfire K9895 flown by George Stainforth on Empire Air Day, 20 May 1939.
What inter-war Scottish airlines, helicopters, and engineering projects are included?
The book documents regional airline operations at Renfrew and Abbotsinch by Scottish Motor Traction, Northern and Scottish Airways, and Railway Air Services, Raymond Pullin flying the Weir W.5 at Dalrymple in 1938 as the first practical British helicopter, Blackburn Botha and Shark production at Dumbarton, and George Bennie's Railplane at Milngavie.
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2£12.89 - Vol.
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