A Day Above Lincolnshire - Couverture rigide

John Nowell first flew in a De Havilland Chipmunk at the age of 14 and with that first wing-over, decided that flying was for him. He first went solo in a glider over Lincolnshire at the age of 16. He decided on a career in the Royal Air Force and went on to fly with 206, 205 and 230 Squadrons, some of the great flying boat squadrons. It was here, as custodian of the squadron F.540s - the squadron operational records, that he found the amazing records of the exploration flights which took place in the 1920s. When fixed wing aviation was only 20 years old, the crews in their Short Southampton flying boats, flew from England across the world as far as Australia and New Zealand. The photographs which were taken on these expeditions, now in The Imperial War Museum, provided the spark that evolved into the Now & Then series of coffee table photographic books. John met Christine at Changi in Singapore and it was Christine who introduced John to photography, an action which she sometimes regrets! They married at Thorney Island, near Chichester, four years later, lived in Oman, California, Florida, Abu Dhabi, Dubai with brief stints in Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait and Sri Lanka and now have six children; Marc, Kerri, Robert, Simone, Nicholas and William plus four grandchildren; William, Isa, Max and Layla and three sons-in-laws, Robert, Cyrus and Patrick. John s first book, A Day Above Oman has been reprinted 13 times. It was on a photographic sortie during the making of A Day Above Oman that John discovered a collection of perfectly preserved 5000 year-old tombs. This discovery made the front page of The Times and led to John becoming a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. The photographs in the book led to John becoming a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and his photographs are now used worldwide for a variety of uses, including being used on all the different denominations of the Omani currency, the Riyal.

'Last year, we had these authors' aerial survey of Stamford. Now they give us a wide selection of pictures, taken not only from the air but also at ground level in many of the County's towns and villages. There must be at least 500 stunning shots here and the quality of reproduction is first-rate. The detail to be discovered in the aerial views of some of the County's finest sites, all in excellent colour, is a tribute to the photographer and his printer. Very good value'. --The Society for Lincolnshire History & Archeology.

'Two pilots, Lee Haunch and John Nowell took off from Fenland Airport near Spalding in Lincolnshire to participate in the aviation 'Dawn To Dusk' Competition by flying for 8 hours through one complete day to navigate over the entire traditional County of Lincolnshire to take the photographs that became the book, 'A Day Above Lincolnshire'. All the entries to the competition are judged by 5 experienced aviators under the Presidency of His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. The book (and the pilots) won an award for 'Services To Aviation' from HRH, which was presented on his behalf by the Master of the Guild of Aviation Pilots'. --David Hamilton, The Dawn to Dusk Competition