A Hundred Years of the RAF Air Display

A Hundred Years of the RAF Air Display 1920-2020 Language:English Format:Hardback Dimensions:7.02" x 9.75" Pages:352 Photos:226 Publisher:Fonthill Media ISBN:9781781558430 Item No. 9781781558430 For 100 years, the world’s oldest independent air force, the RAF, forged a distinguished record in military air operations from the First World War through to recent operations over Iraq and Syria. There is, however, a field of endeavor in which the Royal Air Force has excelled: selling its public image. Of the three armed services, the air force is the one perfectly placed to advertise its wares ‘at home’ with the facilities to accommodate large audiences, through scintillating flying displays with ever more impressive aircraft and large airfields with readily available facilities. Originally centered on the RAF station at Hendon in North London, the RAF held its first public ‘Air Pageant’ in 1920. A grand affair, it cont