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Shoreham Airport: An Illustrated History Kindle Edition

by Peter C. Brown (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Shoreham is the oldest airport in the UK, aviator Harold Piffard first flying from there in 1910, although the aerodrome only officially opened on 20 June 1911. It served as a base for Alliott Verdon Roe (founder of Avro) and John Alcock (one of the first men to fly the Atlantic). At the start of the First World War, the first flight of British military aircraft left from Shoreham to join the fighting in France. In the 1930s the airfield became an airport for Brighton, Hove and Worthing and a new terminal building in the art deco style was opened in 1936. This building is still in use today and is now Grade II listed. During the Second World War, Shoreham again served as a military airfield, coming under attack several times. The airfield is still operational today and is used by light aircraft and flying schools and as a venue for an air show and a filming location. In this book, aviation historian Peter C. Brown takes us through the history of this key centre in early British aviation.
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    Aug. 6 2014
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Peter C. Brown is a freelance writer, online journal editor and writes for several websites. He was born in Prittlewell in 1959 and has lived in Southend-on-Sea most of his life, and has previously written books for Amberley on Shoreham and Edinburgh airports.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00MHWC2IM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amberley Publishing (Aug. 6 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 13147 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
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(Historian) Peter C. Brown

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Peter C Brown was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex in 1959, and grew up in the area. He had assisted and contributed to the work of other writers and websites over the years on the subject of local history and its various niches, when he was prompted by fellow author Dee Gordon in 2012 to consolidate some of his research work about Southend Airport that he had been compiling for several years into a book. This started him on the road to becoming a writer of aviation, local and military history, all inspired by his personal interest.

To date, he has had seventeen books published through Pen & Sword, Fonthill Media, Amberley Publishing, The History Press and Amazon Kindle, and has written magazine articles and internet blogs, and enjoyed many radio guestspots. He now lives in Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, having moved from Essex in 2014.

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Embo
5.0 out of 5 stars Good history of Shoreham Airport.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2019
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The book was a very good account on the history of Shoreham Airport, with plenty of illustrations. Very good book I would recommend it. I fly from Shoreham.
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Joe Brown
2.0 out of 5 stars Just one great big disappointment.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 8, 2014
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This book is entitled An Illustrated History. So one would expect the illustrations to enhance the text for the information and enjoyment of the reader. Unfortunately, this is certainly not the case here.
True, there are some 170 illustrations in this book, but over 100 of these were photographed in the years 2010 to 2014 and consist mainly of a motley collection of airshow photos plus assorted views from around the airport and its environs as it is today, all seemingly included on an 'anything will do to make up the numbers' basis. Of the remaining illustrations, the majority are photos of various visiting aircraft, mainly from the 1960s, which bear no relevance to, or enhancement of, the text in the book.
The main interest for this 100 year old airport lies in the early years, from 1910 to 1945. For the whole of this important era, the author has seen fit to only include ten related illustrations, and three of these were not even photographed at Shoreham.
The balance of the writing does not fare much better. For the years 1910 to 1914, which for many readers would be of primary interest, there are only seven pages of text, but later in the book you will find six pages describing the current airport fire tenders in great detail.
For a book of this type, the inclusion of a few maps is essential. Needless to say, there is not one map in the whole book.
If you enjoy looking at someone else's airshow snaps and aeroplane photos, then this book may be for you. For myself, I can only best describe it as one great big disappointment.
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pamlewes
5.0 out of 5 stars really good book and l have enjoyed it very much as ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 4, 2015
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really good book and l have enjoyed it very much as l was born and still live in shoreham and did not know some of the things that went on here.
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Lucy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2015
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Lots of great photos.
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