Books published by SunRise Publishing Ltd

The rich heritage of the first century of air transportation must be celebrated and not forgotten. This book looks back at 100 years of passenger air transport, through the lens of the varied and fascinating memorabilia produced by airlines and aircraft manufacturers, to highlight the exciting, adventurous, and romantic nature of air travel.

Fleet Street veteran Tim Walker presents 71 of the world's most celebrated people who have been analysed and defined by a master craftsman. You will, at turns, be entertained, enlightened, surprised and occasionally shocked but, best of all, repeatedly made to laugh aloud at the wit, passion, talent and foibles of those who have entertained us for most of our lives.

Jeff Gray won the Distinguished Flying Medal in command of a Lancaster bomber. After the war he flew the York, Hermes, Stratocruiser, Comet 4, and VC10. In this beautifully written memoir he takes the reader from agricultural work in rural Scotland to a Lancaster over Berlin, and on to the challenges of airline flying in the post-war years.

Britain has more successful airlines than any country in Europe. In fact, if judged proportionately against the size of her population, more than any other country in the world. The explanation lies partly in her history and partly in her people. As an island nation that had to import a third of its food, transport was always vital.

The birth and history of what is often described as the most beautiful and graceful airliner of the piston-engine age.

For each generation there is a machine, often a vehicle, which is prized for enormously more than its mechanical purpose. The DeHavilland Comet was one such; from its very first flight it won a place in the public heart that few other aeroplanes could rival.