Product reviewsBeyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways by Alexander Frater (Paperback, 1987)

Excellent value

Main interest is Sharjah where my father was an Engineer for Imperial Airways in the 1932-1934 period.

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When it was a pleasure to fly

In Beyond The Blue Horizon Alexander Frater reveals and relives the romance and breathtaking excitement of the legendary Imperial Airways Eastbound Empire service - the world's longest and most adventurous scheduled air route. Written with an infectious passion, this is an extraordinarily original and genre-defining piece of travel writing by one of our most highly respected travel correspondents. 'Whether being mown down by stampeding Baghdad-bound passengers in Cairo airport, or battling with Indian Airline staff (and failing) to reconfirm six vital going-on flights from Delhi, or being lured unwittingly into a souvenir shop selling pornographic wood carvings in Lombok, or hitting tropical cyclones Ferdinand in an HS 748 en route from Sumba to Bali, Frater rises above it all with humour, style and a wonderfully sharp eye' Review from Evening Standard................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Read full review...