Pirie, G. 2009 Incidental Tourism: British Imperial Air Travel in the 1930s. Journal of Tourism History 1:49-66.Pirie, Gordon. (2009), "Incidental tourism: British Imperial air travel in the 1930s". Journal of Tourism History, 1 (1): 46-66....
Few air travellers along Britain's Empire air routes in the 1930s were intentional holidaymakers. Survey data and passenger profiles culled from other contemporary sources show that most commercial airline passengers flew on work assignment. High fares deterred leisure travel by air, but air passenger...
(4)WhatisthemainpurposeofthePathfinder1project? ___A.Todeveloptheworld'sfastesttransport.B.Totestthesafetyofairshiptravel.C.Torecreatethepopularityofairshiptravelinthe1930s.D.Toprovideagreenmeansoflong-distancetransport. A. Weshouldtrytoavoidmakingmistakes. B. Weshouldowegreatinventionsmainlytomistakes...
根据“In 1937, an airship called the Hindenburg caught fire during landing. Thirty-six people died as a result. The sad thing scared people away from airships. At that time, planes were improving quickly. Since then, people have been using planes for most air travel.”可知,1937年,一艘名...
A lot has changed about air travel since it went mainstream in the 1930s. On-board smoking, free-flowing booze, and five-star meals have given way to baggage fees, cramped seats, and mystery meat. Through all this change, one thing has stayed the same
DEADLY DUEL…Max Baer(right) foughtFrankie Campbellon Aug. 25, 1930, in San Francisco for the unofficial title of Pacific Coast champion. In the fifth round Baer got Campbell against the ropes and hammered him senseless. Campbell died the next day. An autopsy revealed that Campbell’s brain ...
They were used for transport, for spying(侦探), and were even used in war. But most of that ended in 1937, after an airship called the Hindenburg caught fire and burned as it was landing. The Hindenburg disaster scared people away from airships. From then on, most air travel focused...
【题目】Juan Trippe was one of the pioneers ofmodern air travel. His company-Pan American Airways-was one of the first to offer cheap air travel round the world. T rippe was bornin New Jersey in 1889. After graduating from Yale in 1921, he worked first on Wall Street, and then as a...
History of flight - Jet Engines, Aviation Pioneers, Air Travel: From the very invention of flight at the beginning of the 20th century, military aircraft and engines generally led the way, and commercial aviation followed. At first this was also the case
So many women didn't choose this job.D. She loved flying but she understood that airlineswere a man's world.E. It was unusual for people to travel by air becauseit was expensive and dangerous.F. The young woman from Iowa and seven othernurses became the first air stewardesses.1.2.3.4....