Author: Bryan A. Bisley. Published by Innisfree Publishing, Indian Trail, NC., 2001, 1st Edition. ULTRA RARE: Signed and Dedicated by the Author on the title page, including his radio call sign! Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with minor handling wear. Size: 8.25 x 5.25 inch, 495 pages.
THE HANNIBAL FILES, by Bryan A. Bisley, is a Middle Eastern adventure novel, based on true facts, of political intrigue, espionage and international secrecy, with an interwoven theme of aviation, and amateur radio.
On 14 November 1930, the prototype aircraft named Hannibal made its first flight. Following their introduction into Imperial Airways service, they formed the backbone of the airliner's land-based fleet. Then in March of 1940 the Hannibal went missing without a trace in the southern Persian Gulf while on a flight from India to England.
DID YOU KNOW? The Handley Page H.P.42 and H.P.45 were four-engine biplane airliners, designed and manufactured by the British aviation company Handley Page. They held the distinction of being the largest airliners in regular use in the world at that time, and Imperial Airways ordered four aircraft of the two variants to serve as the new land-based long-distance flagships of its fleet.
