Today’s Poster has an obvious heritage, that of Henry Beck’s iconic London Underground map. Previously ‘forgotten’, it’s an interesting take on the airline and public transport route map concept; something that has much more social history than is often realised.

From the new “Airline Maps: A Century of Art & Design” book, details here. There’s a lot to be read in it, but the not obvious element is that in 1935, it’s also a bit of an over claim several bits of the routes presented as functioning weren’t normally operational yet.

James Kightly, Vintage Aero Writer.

Via Tim Dunn’s Twitter feed here.