Wings Across Canada: An Illustrated History of Canadian Aviation
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550024124 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A perfect read! I always had this on my wishlist, and I finally got it. As a digital artist, "Wings" was even better than expected, and aided me in my hobby.
He is the author of nine books on aviation which include National Treasure: The History of Trans Canada Airlines,Wingwalkers: The History of Canadian Airlines, Flying Colours: The History of Commercial Aviation in Canada, and three of the Flying Canucks: Famous Canadian Aviators books. in North American History from the University of Vermont. He has an M.A. Peter Pigott is Canada's leading aviation author. He lives
There are wonderful anecdotes and scraps of history you wouldn't find anywhere else, about civil and military planes both, all set out in roughly chronological order." (Brian Kappler The Gazette)"…the book offers an interesting and sometimes amusing read about great planes and the stories behind them." (Chronicle Herald (Halifax, NS))"It really is a celebration of those wonderful flying machines." (Jerry Gladman The Toronto Sun)"A celebration of a love affair with aircraft that all served a purpose in their own time." (eebookie) . "you might still find yourself carried away by these entertaining and informative factoids and the photos that go along with them
With over one hundred photographs of fifty historic planes, Wings Across Canada is a retrospective of Canada’s aeronautical technology. This book does not compare the planes, nor claim that all are "classics" in the traditional sense of the word. From the eccentric Fairey Battle to the lethal-looking CF-18, from modern airliners that have no defects (and no character) to the classic North Star (which had both), here is the ultimate line-up of the aircraft that have served Canadians in the last century. Instead, it is a celebration of a love affair with aircraft