May 18, 2006 at 10:04 pm
Hi – can anyone recall the title of the book written by a pilot who started an airline in scotland in the 1930s? read it years ago but can’t remember the title…something like Skyways to the Isles or similar.
thanks for any help
Ian
By: duinemor - 2nd June 2008 at 11:19
Air Road to the Isles
Air Road to the Isles has been republished (May 2008), now in unabridged form from the original manuscript. 488 pages, illustrated, maps, hardback, £24.95, it is published by Kea Publishing, ISBN 9780951895894. E-mail [email]kea@keapub.fsnet.co.uk[/email] or see it on the likes of www.amazon.co.uk
By: Ian Quinn - 23rd May 2006 at 23:07
That would be a BMI flight then? Is bimble what you do when you fly BMI?
Never thought of that !
Actually, just going to go up in a light aircraft.
By: Newforest - 22nd May 2006 at 20:41
Hope to head up that way at the end of the week [yeah – I have seen the weather] for a bimble around and wanted to take some history to read…
Cheers
Ian
That would be a BMI flight then? Is bimble what you do when you fly BMI?
By: Ian Quinn - 22nd May 2006 at 16:33
Thanks everyone for the replies – much appreciated!
Newforest – by an amazing coincidence I had ordered that particular copy this morning – it was the cheapest one on abebooks – won’t go to the pub for a few nights!
Hope to head up that way at the end of the week [yeah – I have seen the weather] for a bimble around and wanted to take some history to read…
Cheers
Ian
By: JDK - 22nd May 2006 at 15:09
I suspect ISBN numbers did not exist in 1967?
SBN (UK only) 1966 -1974. The I(nternational)S(tandard)B(ook)N(umber) became an ISO standard in 1970.
What? You’ve nodded off? But there’s the new exciting 13 digit ISBN to come!
My coat? But it wan’t a joke…
Byeee
By: Andy Mac - 22nd May 2006 at 14:30
Crikey I love the internet ! 😀
By: Newforest - 22nd May 2006 at 14:08
Many Thanks – that’s it.
Cheers
And before you ask, available at $54.15 in the U.K. I recommend the read, not necessarily the price!
Air Road to the Isles
Fresson, Captain E.E.
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Book Description: David Rendel Ltd., 1967. First Edition. A very good copy in a good dustwrapper which shows some wear at the edges. Small ownership inscription. Pp.x,278. Illustrated. The author was a pioneer of aviation and particularly of flight between the north of Scotland and the isles of Orkney and Shetland. Bookseller Inventory # 9078
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By: TomDocherty72 - 22nd May 2006 at 10:44
Hi Ian,
Here are a few more details. Copyright is EE Fresson 1963, first published 1967 by David Rendel Ltd. In the back of my copy it has a label indicating – ‘PSEUDO ISBN 7777032240’. It is an ex-library copy so this may only be an internal reference. I suspect ISBN numbers did not exist in 1967?
Yours
Tom
By: Ian Quinn - 22nd May 2006 at 09:52
Many Thanks – that’s it.
Cheers
By: G-ASEA - 18th May 2006 at 22:18
I think its “Air Road to the Isles” by Captain E E Fresson