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ILLUS DIRECT CENTURY OF FLIGHT (PB)
Beginning with Orville Wright's historic, 12-minute flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the hundred-year story of aviation has been one of breathtaking technological advances, remarkable human ingenuity, and great bravery...
From Gallipoli to Lamington: The Life of Captain Rex Boyden
Rex Boyden's place in history was forged in his death as the pilot in the famous Stinson crash on the Lamington Plateau in 1937. His story includes original source material...
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Their stories and others come together in this illustrated account of how dogged experimentation, courage and inspired innovation made possible the first manned flight.
The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination
In the decades following the First World War, when aviation was still a revelation, flight was perceived as a spectacle to delight the eyes and stimulate the imagination. Robert Wohl...
Airlife's General Aviation
This is a comprehensive reference to every type and manufacturer of business and light aircraft constructed in the Western World since World War II. This book identifies: every manufacturer of...
Widowmaker: Living and Dying with the Corsair
How the determination of young pilots transformed the Corsair from an aircraft considered too dangerous to fly from carriers into a successful carrier fighter. "Despite everything I felt very lucky...
Strong to Serve: An Australian Spitfire Pilot's war over Europe
Following training in Australia, Canada and the UK, Fred Riley flew Spitfires with No 130 (Punjab) Squadron RAF from October 1943 until December 1944. Flying the Spitfire Mk.V, he escorted...
His Majesty's Airship: The Life and Tragic Death of the World's
When the R101 first took to the skies, she was the largest aircraft ever to fly. What followed was a tragic finale to a tale of human folly on a...
Falling Upwards: Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture The
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TELEGRAPH BEST...
King of the Air: The Turbulent Life of Charles Kingsford Smith
A revealing portrait of a brilliant and troubled figure - a daredevil of the skies. Charles Kingsford Smith was the most commanding flyer of the golden age of aviation. In...
Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon
In August 1968, NASA made a bold decision: in just sixteen weeks, the United States would launch humankind's first flight to the moon. Only the year before, three astronauts had...
Men Who Gave Us Wings: Britain and the Aeroplane 1796-1914
Author: Peter ReeseFormat: Hardback, 156mm x 234mm, 272 pagesPublished: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Why did the British, then the leading nation in science and technology, fall far...