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Moscow and Back by Tiger Moth
出版Quiller Publishing Limited, 1990-10-25
主題History / General
ISBN18709484759781870948470
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=4jDOHeZUJSMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋It was in April 1989 that a trio of Tiger Moth biplanes took off from White Waltham airfield in Berkshire for Sheremetyevo airport, the 'Heathrow' of the Soviet Union. The team departed in a blaze of publicity and goodwill which heralded the many warm receptions they later experienced all over Europe. The three Tiger Moths returned to England, triumphant and still intact, 5,000 miles and 33 stops later after three unforgettable weeks. The three British pilots with their Russian navigators undertook the whole pioneering flight - the first foreign touring flight in the Soviet Union since John Grierson's in 1932 - in the true spirit of the thirties, and the book reflects this. The story proceeds at a tremendous pace through a variety of classic aviation adventures - failing radios, broken tailskids, hazardous weather, treetop approaches - all of which add up not only to a flight of a lifetime, but also a prelude to an almost certain lifting of barriers to private aviation in Soviet airspace. The planning of the flight was a watershed between the old Iron Curtain mentality and that of the new East-West rapprochement. The flight witnessed history in the making and the story therefore appeals not only to all aviators but also to a wider readership who will appreciate a well told story of spirit and adventure. Herbie Knott's brilliant photographs contribute to what HRH Prince Michael of Kent describes as "a thrilling saga and required reading for every budding pilot."