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This color-illustrated coffee table book for aviation aficionados details the history of Dutch aviation during the first half of the 20th century, covering both Dutch commercial and military airplanes and the development of the Dutch airline industry. There is much information on the work of Dutch airplane designer Anthony Fokker and his Triplane and Fokker F.III. The book describes the role of Dutch engineers in the development of early flight, the Dutch aerial defense against the Nazis, and the development of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Black and white and color historical photos and color illustrations of airplanes appear on every page. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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Through a wealth of photographs and color illustrations and an informed narrative, Blue Skies, Orange Wings documents the surprisingly strong role of Dutch aircraft, airmen, designers, and airlines in world aviation in the first half of the twentieth century. In this beautiful book Ryan Noppen offers the most thorough study of the early years of Dutch commercial and military aviation published in the English language. He examines the famed Fokker airliners, fighters, and combat aircraft, the development of Dutch national airline KLM, and the impact that Dutch aircraft had on the world in the pioneering days of flight, including a number of notable individuals — Charles Lindbergh, Henry Ford, Amelia Earhart, and more.
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