Wings Over Water

The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire

Wings Over Water
Jonathan Glancey
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 352pg
3 Jun 2021 UK
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9781786494214
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Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a series of air races that attracted a hugely popular following. Perhaps inevitably, the dynamism of rival engineering led to the most potent military fighters of World War Two and Reginald Mitchell' s record-breaking Supermarine seaplanes morphed into the Spitfire. Wings Over Water tells the story of the Schneider air races afresh and also examines the wider politics and society of the early twentieth-century that framed the event. It is an exhilarating tale of raw adventure, public excitement and engineering genius.
A thoughtful hymn to a great symbol of the analogue age. . . Concorde will be the standard long read on the subject for a good few years. * The Times on Concorde * Jonathan Glancey is eminently qualified to write a history of Concorde. . . He fully appreciates the aesthetics and science of aeronautical engineering, and the lucidity of his prose makes his complex subject clearly comprehensible. * Spectator on Concorde * Excellent. . . Glancey has a gift for explaining complex issues. . . he also sprinkles the text with vivid phrases. Leo McKinstry, Literary Review * Leo McKinstry, Literary Review on Concorde *
Jonathan Glancey is well known as the former architecture and design correspondent of the Guardian and Independent newspapers. A frequent broadcaster, his books include The Journey Matters, Concorde, Harrier, Giants of Steam, Spitfire: The Biography, Nagaland: A Journey to India' s Forgotten Frontier, Tornado: 21st Century Steam, The Story of Architecture and London: Bread and Circuses.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781786494214
Published: 3 Jun 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 352

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