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Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways
 
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Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways (Paperback)

by Alexander Frater (Author)
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  • Paperback: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (30 Jul 1987)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140100652
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140100655
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 581,473 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A rare treat, 15 Sep 2000
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I'd first read Frater's 'Chasing the Monsoon' and loved his warmth and humanity, love for people, and his wryly amusing style. This is even better: he meets the usual rag-bag mix of people and listens to their stories, and tells you loads about the modern world (and this is a truly global book) and throws in for good measure a history of early aviation and a wealth of knowledge about modern flying too as he travels from England to Australia following the route of the first flying boats to make the journey sixty years ago. To learn so much in such an interesting fashion is a treat, the gift of only the very best travel writers, and Alexander Frater is up there with the greatest.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An enchanting travelogue on the early history of aviation, 4 Mar 2000
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Alexander Frater avoids the usual chronicle to give a series of digressions on the early history of aviation. Not only does his trip involve speaking to the pioneers of passenger flight, but also a route never again to be attempted. He captures the romance and adventure of the early days of commercial aviation, and the wry observations of how the golden age of the airliner has matured today.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spendidly evocative modern day view of the Empire Flying Boat route, 4 May 2007
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Frater is sometimes too descriptive for my tastes, I get bored with his floral tendencies but they seldom emerge in this book to spoil the tremendous job he does in not only traveling as near as possible to the old Empire Flying Boat routes but reliving the experience through those he interviews. Ever indeed the traveling journalist this is probably his best book by far. Highly recommended for anyone interested in pre-jet age air travel.
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