Flying against the elements : reminiscences of Aberdeen Airways, of Dyce Airport and its early flying activities, and of their legendary founder, Eric Leslie Gandar Dower
Clegg, Peter V.1988
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Peter V Clegg, 1988.
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Contents: The achievements of a single-minded actor, aviator and pioneer: Gandar Dower: his early life - Halcyon days of Aberdeen Airways - Norway: the big gamble - Air mail and licensing decisions - War and requisition - Nationalisation and after.Contents: The pilots, engineers and ground staff: The early pilots and radio operators: the men who flew in all weathers - The engineers and ground staff: who kept the aircraft operating.Contents: The aircraft that pioneered the skies of Aberdeen: Details of the aircraft types used by Gandar Dower, the flying school and airline.Contents: Appendices: Principal employees: in order of joining - Aircraft fleet: on order of acquisition and use - Principal events in Gandar Dower's airline career.Illustrations: Gandar Dower named his second DH Dragon Rapide aircraft "The Thurso Venturer" when he first acquired it from Northern & Scottish Airways in May 1938. Later he re-named it "Pioneer" after himself) and it is now in the Royal Scottish Museum,the oldest surviving example in Brirain - Eric Leslie Gandar Dower, ex Royal Naval Air Service pilot, Shakespearian actor, producer, founder of Dyce Airport and Aberdeen (later Allied) Airways, Member of Parliament, and man of many parts. Born on 2nd July 1894, his career in aviation effectively spanned the 56 years between 1915 and 1971, when he retired to live out his days in Guernsey, dying peacefully there on October 4th 1987. This portrait shows something of his "Puckish" smile and outward charm, concealing a tough and unyielding character which epitomised his life-style, and contributed to making him a true pioneer.
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714151