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The third in this series on the history of British airlines since the Second World War, this volume starts with the return of Harold Wilson in 1964, and continues through the Thatcher years to deregulation in 1992. As the government, the state-owned airline corporations and the independent airlines all jostled for position in a demanding and unforgiving world, Guy Halford-MacLeod explains how the airlines made and remade themselves, ducking and diving in a slippery and difficult ring, and records the exploits of some well-known heavyweights, Harold Bamberg, Richard Branson and, of course, Freddie Laker. This readable book offers both structure and expert analysis of the dramatic events of the time: the collapse of Court Line; the rise and fall of Laker and his Skytrain; the protracted saga of the government's attempts to privatise British Airways; the demise of the 'second force' airline, British Caledonian; and, the passing from the scene of a few favourites, like Air Europe, British Eagle, BUA and Dan-Air. This book concludes with a chapter that tells what happened to the players, new and old, as they tried to adapt to the new freedoms that deregulation gave them. Guy Halford-MacLeod, a veteran of twenty-five years in the airline industry and four British airlines, now works as a researcher in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Having read the previous volume of this book which was about an era before I became involved in civil aviation I was keen to lay my hands on this volume. Its author, Guy Halford-Macleod is a stickler not only for detail but for accuracy and I cannot imagine the hours he must have spent researching its subject matter. The book gives real insight into the juxtaposition of the state owned carriers, independent airlines and the British government who frequently intervened but failed to grasp what this intriguing industry was all about. The book does not contain tittle-tattle, scandalous intrigue or amusing tales from the airline world but is very factual and extremely accurate in detail, frequently quoting from established sources at the forefront of the industry, government publications, white papers and Hansard but without relying upon them to over influence the narrative within the pages. Together with its earlier volumes it makes for an accurate and concise history of British civil aviation. There is no shortage of relevant pictures in black & white and colour showing a wide range of the airlines covered and the variety of the aircraft they operated. The book to me was similar to a wide and deep yet slow flowing river that carried me along through the years, recalling the ever changing happenings in British civil aviation at differing levels and without any obvious gaps. To declare my personal interest I have worked for three of the organisations that feature in the book and have known author Halford-Macleod for years but if the book had any shortcomings I would not fail to mention them. Overall I am very pleased to have read it and to keep it in my collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This was the volume of the series I was waiting for, and ot did not dissapoint, it covers all the airlines of my 'era' noth charter and scheduled. the detail provided is of both quality and relevance and the photos included are also very good. This book fills a huge void. Many books on civil aviaion and airline history focuses on earlier eras, iike the books on era of boac/bea etc but this book covers the 80s and 90s and the many and varied holiday airlines that came and went during this period and its sad having read it to realise we have now only a handful of airlines in the UK, makes it very boring for enthusiasts with the same low cost liveries and the prominance of two large charter airlines which monopolise the UK charter market. However, we now have this book as a reminder of the days when there was lots of independent airlines adding colour and interest to the civil aviation scene in the UK.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Well written and engrossing. I travelled on many of the airlines and flew in many of the planes mentioned. Plenty of good photographs. Interesting for air travellers. Lots of information for plane and air travel buffs as well.
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