Leeds - Bradford Airport Through Time

by Alan Phillips

Opened in 1931 as Yeadon Aerodrome, Leeds-Bradford Airport is the largest in Yorkshire. Regular flights began from the airport in 1935 with a service to Newcastle, Edinburgh and London (Heston). During the war, the airfield was used as a shadow factory and constructed almost 700 Lancaster bombers, as well as almost 4,500 Avro Ansons. Civil flights began again in 1947 and by 1978 Regional Airport status had been granted as long as runways were extended...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445606097
• ISBN13: 9781445606095
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"