{"title":"Grant Peerless","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"leavesden-aerodrome-book-grant-peerless-9781445604183","title":"Leavesden Aerodrome","description":"During the 1930s the need for a municipal aerodrome near Watford was debated at length, but it took almost a decade before the Air Ministry ultimately requisitioned the land at Leavesden for an aircraft factory. Large numbers of Halifaxes and Mosquitoes were subsequently produced there, and these played a vital part in the progress of the Second World War. In peacetime, de Havilland used the factory units for the manufacture of aero engines and the overhaul of its own aircraft. As a result of numerous takeovers and amalgamations, de Havilland eventually became a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce and the latter company continued to build helicopter engines on the site until the factory closed in 1992. From the 1950s, Leavesden also played host to air-taxi and charter companies and even hosted scheduled services for a brief period in the early 1970s. Many people gained their wings with the various flying schools based at the aerodrome, and pleasure flights in airships were a popular attraction. The aerodrome closed soon after Rolls-Royce vacated the site and is now a major film studio, business park and housing estate.  Warner Bros' recent purchase of the site means the company is the only Hollywood studio with a permanent base in the UK. Some original buildings nevertheless survive, including the distinctive control tower. This exhaustively researched history examines in detail the most notable events and personalities associated with Leavesden Aerodrome. It includes several hundred photographs, many of which have not been previously published.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49529983238417,"sku":"GOR004902218","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50242969993489,"sku":"GOR013896459","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50316168364305,"sku":"GOR010687534","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1445604183.jpg?v=1760521918"},{"product_id":"elstree-aerodrome-book-grant-peerless-9780750934121","title":"Elstree Aerodrome","description":"This work examines the aircraft, events and personalities that have shaped Elstree over nearly 70 years, from its humble beginnings in the 1930s as a landing strip associated with a country club to one of the foremost general aviation airfields in the country.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49557192999185,"sku":"GOR006828486","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49604263411985,"sku":"GOR011517674","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0750934123.jpg?v=1751448071"},{"product_id":"uk-airfields-past-and-present-book-grant-peerless-9781781557921","title":"UK Airfields Past and Present","description":"A great many books have been written over the years about individual airfields or those in particular counties\/areas but this one covers a good proportion of them in one publication, from Abbots Bromley to Zeals. It provides brief details of over 1700 airfields from before the First World War to the present day and describes the main activities carried out, based units\/operators and current status. It includes military bases, civil airports\/airfields, gliding sites, microlight sites and larger farm strips, together with the probable number of based aircraft. An appendix lists over 500 books which have been published about individual airfields and this, together with the details provided in this book affords a convenient source of reference for further research. It does not pretend to include every flying site that ever existed as this would require a much larger volume but covers what are considered to be the most significant airfields of the past 110 years. It includes over one hundred photographs in colour and black \u0026amp; white, most of which have not been published previously.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49572054008081,"sku":"GOR011909314","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1781557926.jpg?v=1751184139"},{"product_id":"elstree-aerodrome-book-grant-peerless-9781803995984","title":"Elstree Aerodrome","description":"From its humble beginnings in the 1930s as a landing strip associated with a country club, Elstree Aerodrome would go on to be used extensively for repair and overhaul of military aircraft in the Second World War and would later become one of the foremost general aviation airfields in the country. Examined in this volume are the aircraft, events and personalities that have shaped it over the decades.  Elstree is one of only a dozen or so civil aerodromes in the UK which have been in continuous operation for at least the last ninety years. In peacetime it became a hub for charter companies and flying clubs, and many celebrities have flown from here, enjoying its close proximity to Elstree Studios and London. With the addition of further significant historical events to bring it right up to date, and with many new photographs, this expanded edition tells the full story of ninety years at Elstree Aerodrome.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49905955701009,"sku":"NGR9781803995984","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50933021835537,"sku":"GOR014130242","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/180399598X.jpg?v=1766657759"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-grant-peerless.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}