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Brooklands - Cradle of British Motor Racing and Aviation (Paperback)
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Brooklands - Cradle of British Motor Racing and Aviation (Paperback)
Series: Shire Library
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Loot Price R224
Discovery Miles 2 240
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Brooklands, near Weybridge in Surrey, holds a unique and highly
important place in the histories of both motoring and aviation. It
was the first purpose-built motor racing track in Britain and the
first major circuit in the world. From 1907 to the outbreak of the
Second World War, the banked circuit was the epicenter of British
motor sport, and events at Brooklands - races and speed record
attempts - were an important part of the sporting and social
calendar.
Motor sport was not the only activity for which Brooklands was
famous, however: it became an important center for aviation. The
first flight of a British pilot in a British aircraft took place
there in 1908, and Britain's first flying school was opened within
the circuit in 1910. Several manufacturers began aircraft
production at Brooklands, and the most important of these, Vickers,
took over large parts of the site when motor racing stopped in
1939. Many aircraft, including the Wellington bomber, were built
here in large numbers during the war.
When peace returned in 1945 the race track at Brooklands was in
poor condition and built over in places. Racing never resumed, but
the aviation history of the site grew ever stronger, with design
and production of airliners including the VC-10 and Concorde. Today
Brooklands is home to a thriving museum and, as the years pass,
more and more of the old track is being restored to its former
glory. This book tells the story of this unique and important site,
and conjures up the atmosphere of pre-war race meetings, of wartime
aircraft production, and the birth of some of the world's most
famous aeroplanes.
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