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Alan Campbell Orde

Pioneer Aviator, Test Pilot and Airline Chief

Autor: Fiona Somerville
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Vydavatel: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Dostupnost: Očekávaná novinka
Termín neznámý
694 Kč
After a hair-raising First World War career in the Royal Naval Air Service, Alan Campbell Orde immed...

Informace o knize

Autor
Fiona Somerville
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2026
Stránek
424
EAN
9781781559635
Enbook ID
50945884
Vydavatel
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Rozměry
156 x 234

Kompletní popis

After a hair-raising First World War career in the Royal Naval Air Service, Alan Campbell Orde immediately began to make his mark on the fledgling world of British civil aviation. He was one of the first commercial airline pilots after the war, later diversifying as an instructor in China and as chief test pilot for Armstrong Whitworth. In 1937 he became operations manager of the original British Airways, which was rapidly emerging as the ‘second force’ to Imperial Airways. Here he utilised the latest American airliners and organised Chamberlain’s famous Munich flights. During the Second World War, after the two airlines merged into BOAC, Campbell Orde, as operations director, was central to organizing the airline’s invaluable assistance to the RAF with schemes such as the North Atlantic Ferry Service, which supplied British troops in North Africa and opened links to Russia. After the war, Campbell Orde became BOAC’s operations development director, resisting government pressure to have the airline rebuild its fleet using British aircraft. Driven by an ambition to make BOAC a world leader in civil aviation, he steered it towards the acquisition of more advanced and more efficient US and Canadian airliners. Alan Campbell Orde: Pioneer Aviator, Test Pilot and Airline Chief is the story of a remarkable career in aviation and man whose impact on British civil aviation can still be felt today.

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