Glasmoth : Moscow and back by Tiger Moth
Prix régulier 65,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
Special features | First edition, Dedicated copy, Slightly damaged dust jacket |
Condition | Used |
Number of pages | 160 |
Published date | 1990 |
Languages | English |
Size | 26 x 32 x 2 cm |
Author | Jonathan Elwes - Herbie Knott |
Editor | Quiller Press Limited |
Description
It was in April 1989 that a trio of Tiger Moth biplanes took off from White Waltham airfield in Berkshire for Sheremetyevo airport, the " Heathrow " of the Soviet Union.
( … ) The three British pilots with their Russian navigators undertook the whole pioneering flight - the first foreign touring flight in the Soviet Union since John Grierson's in 1932 - in the true spirit of the thirties, and the book reflects this.
The story proceeds at a tremendous pace through a variety of classic aviation adventures - failing radios, broken tailskids, hazardous weather, treetop approaches - all of which add up not only to a flight of a lifetime, but also a prelude to an almost certain lifting of barriers to private aviation in Soviet airspace. ( ... )