Art Deco Airports looks at the design and role of the airports of the 1920s and 1930s; the worldrs"s first airports. With comprehensive illustration by international aviation artist Rosie Louise and text by author Terry Moyle, the book looks at the relationship between airports and aviation and Art Deco. These first airports were not only concerned with commercial air transport but were an important social venue. Millions of spectators flocked to airports each year and helped define aviationrs"s ls"Golden Agers". The architects of these airports celebrated the achievement of flight in designs that were regional as well as modern and functional. The lives of these early airport buildings were often brief as demand for larger facilities meant demolishment or replacement. Art Deco Airports recreates this period with detailed and atmospheric depictions of the buildings, aircraft and fashions to create a beautiful and essential aviation book. With profiles on 33 different airports in Great Britain, Europe and the United States, Art Deco Airports provides both the specialist and the armchair passenger with a window on an exotic lost world.