New Book from Specialty Press


RAF Hendon, The Birthplace of Aerial Power, by Andrew Renwick, documents the landmark events at this historic airfield and highlights the aviation pioneers that secured Hendon’s lasting place in aviation history. The story starts more than 150 years ago in August 1862, when one Henry Treacey Coxwell took a party on a balloon flight from the present-day Hendon site. Aviation returned to Hendon in 1910 in the form of


British aviation pioneer Claude Grahame-White, who laid the foundations for the development of the Hendon site that was soon christened “The London Aerodrome.” The fledgling airfield hosted nine Air Displays in the years leading up to World War I, before being requisitioned for pilot training and the air defense of London. Aircraft were also manufactured here. Aircraft production and civilian flying training continued post-war until the airfield became an RAF station in 1927. As World War II unfolded, Hendon was a Fighter Command station and later in the war, USAF units moved in as Hendon became home to transport and communications squadrons. With the return of peacetime, flying continued at RAF Hendon, with the last


aircraft using the site as late as 1968. Today, Hendon is best known as home of the RAF Museum, housed in part in the historic First World War hangars and widely regarded as one of the world’s premier aviation collections. This 112-page, softbound book contains 140 photos and is available direct from Specialty Press for $19.95 plus $6.95 postage.


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