Flying Tiger Archives

Volume 1: 1945 to 1965

AvGuy Van Herbruggen,Charles Kennedy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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This collection, immaculately curated by leading aviation historian Guy Van Herbruggen, dives into the never-before-seen archives of the pioneering Flying Tiger Line, starting with the airline's founding by American combat pilots based in China during World War Two, through the golden age of the propliner up to the arrival of their first jet, the Boeing 707. The aircraft, the people, the places and the times are brought to vivid life in this stunning collection of nearly 350 fascinating images. Aviation pioneers, Hollywood stars, presidents, pistons, and propellers create a stunning portrait of a bygone age

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-09-29
Mått:230 x 20 x 230 mm
Vikt:1 345 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Flying Tiger Archives
Antal sidor:274
Förlag:Astral Horizon Press
Medarbetare:DeRudder,Simon
ISBN:9781739663032

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Guy Van Herbruggen is an aviation archivist and researcher. Guy Van Herbruggen began a lifelong love of aviation when at the age of six he flew on a Sabena SE-210 Caravelle from Brussels to Tunis with his parents. Guy started flying gliders at the age of fourteen and earned his FAA Professional Pilot IFR Multiengine licence in 1991 followed by a flight engineer certificate with a Boeing 727 typerating. Today Guy is an engineering manager at Fedex Express. He resides in Ottignies, Belgium, with his wife France and their twin children, where he has restored Sabena s first Boeing 707 simulator, build by Curtiss-Wright in 1959. He is also an occasional contributor to Aviation News and Propliner magazines. He lives in Brussels, Belgium, with his wife and two children.