The Golden Age of the Flying Boat

Until the 1950s, when land-based airports became commonplace, the flying boats of Pan American and Imperial Airways took passengers to the corners of the globe in luxury that rivalled the great ocean liners. Peter Pigott, Canada's foremost aviation author, has tracked the history of these extraordinary aircraft and their unrivalled levels of exclusivity and comfort. In this exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated book the reader is taken from the earliest days of seaplanes to the giant clippers of the mid-twentieth century, by a renowned aviation historian.

IMAGES: +100 colour and mono illustrations