Description
Gatwick's very first jetliner touched down on 16 November 1958, and over the next fifty years the airport grew to become Britain's second busiest airport, as well as the busiest single-runway airport in the world.
Classic Gatwick Jetliners is the much-awaited follow-up to Classic Gatwick Propliners, with over 200 colour images alongside comprehensive captions that describe the early jetliner visits through to the bustling years of the late 1980s. Featuring such iconic liners as the de Havilland Comet, the Boeing 707 and the 747 'Jumbo Jet', this is an enthusiastic and fond tribute to the most colourful period of Gatwick's aviation history.
About the Author
Tom Singfield started work as an Air Traffic Control Assistant at Heathrow Airport in 1969. He stayed there unti1 1978 when he trained to become an Air Traffic Control Officer. A devotee of aircraft 'spotting' at Gatwick, he went on to work there as an ATCO until 1992 when the Approach Radar service moved to the London ATC Centre at West Drayton, retiring after 37 years in 2005. A busy aviation writer and photographer with a collection of slides in excess of 50,000, he lives in West Sussex.
Book Information
ISBN 9780750994248
Author Tom Singfield
Format Paperback
Imprint The History Press Ltd
Publisher The History Press Ltd
