Writer and curator. THE BIG HOP (Chatto & Windus/W. W. Norton) out now.
https://www.davidrooney.uk/the-big-hop
David Rooney
Wonderful...
Happy paperback publication day to @rooneyvision.bsky.social for The Big Hop!
The book is great and I can think of no better book on Alcock and Brown as well as the other teams that attempted to fly the Atlantic in 1919.
Watch my chat with David with the Vimy here: youtu.be/5OPUSy8ndHY
Ever wonder who Brown was *before* he was part of Alcock and Brown? We hadn't, but we wish we had when we spotted @rooneyvision.bsky.social's delightful « Ted Brown's African Adventure. » It's a perfect, long-form weekend read. (📸 See ALT) | 🛩️ 🥇 | 🧵 1/2 | 🔗 rooneyvision.substack.com/p/ted-browns...
Brooklands flying village (shown here c.1912) was a crucible of aviation innovation. Its alumni changed the world.
I'm giving a talk there on 18 Mar about The Big Hop - the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
You'll enjoy it. See you there!
www.brooklandsmuseum.com/membership/m...
Brooklands flying village (shown here c.1912) was a crucible of aviation innovation. Its alumni changed the world.
I'm giving a talk there on 18 Mar about The Big Hop - the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic.
You'll enjoy it. See you there!
www.brooklandsmuseum.com/membership/m...
I've just sent out my latest Substack post (sorry it's been a while!)
Ted Brown's African adventure
How electrical engineering, the American inventive urge, and a taste for gold and diamonds made one of the world's most celebrated aviators...
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So many great figures occupied those sheds before war broke up the party... Harry Hawker, A. V. Roe, Hilda Hewlett, Jack Alcock, Tom Sopwith, Fred Raynham... the list goes on...
Recently back from a week in Samarkand on assignment. Now with a sore neck from looking up in amazement all the time. Wow. What a city. And what a warm welcome there. A few pics of domes in mausoleums and madrasas, which I thought you might like to see.
THE BIG HOP is now out in paperback ✈️
A Times 'Book of the Week' and a Sunday Times 'Summer Read of the Year'
Read the first few pages here to see if you like it. I'm sure you will.
Available wherever you get your books: print, e-reader, audiobook.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453796...
The US paperback is due out July 14th. Not long to wait, my North American friends!
wwnorton.com/books/the-bi...
THE BIG HOP is now out in paperback ✈️
A Times 'Book of the Week' and a Sunday Times 'Summer Read of the Year'
Read the first few pages here to see if you like it. I'm sure you will.
Available wherever you get your books: print, e-reader, audiobook.
www.penguin.co.uk/books/453796...
