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How It All Began. The Early History Of Flying
The Holder Of No. 1 Certificate Granted By The Royal Aero Club For Pilots Reminisces
Bleriot Monoplane (1909) Starts Up, Runs And Stops
Tells How He Won The Daily Mail Prize Of £1,000 In 1909
Talks About His Early Aircraft Building Experiences
Sopwith Pup (1916) Starts, Warms Up, Revs And Switches Off
Recalls Early Days At The Royal Aircraft Factory In Farnborough
The Farnborough-Built S.E.5a (1917) Starts Up, Revs, Ticks Over, Takes Off, Circles Overhead And Dives
Talks About The Birth Of The Aircraft Industry And The First Civil Airliner
Bristol Fighter (1916) With A Single Rolls-Royce Engine Starts Up, Taxies, Takes Off, Passes Overhead And Flies Into The Distance
Describes The First Ever Direct Flight Across The Atlantic Which He Made In 1919 With Sir John Alcock
Tells How He Pioneered The Establishment Of International Air Routes
Gipsy Moth (About 1930) Starts, Revs And Taxies Away
A Fitter At Croydon Airport Recalls The Aircraft Used In The Early Days And Remembers The Arrival Of Lindbergh And Amy Johnson
Retired Senior Captain Of B.O.A.C., Remembers Early Scheduled Flights
A Portrait Of The Tiger Moth, The Aircraft Used More Than Any Other For Training Pilots, Starts, Ticks Over, Taxies Away, Takes Off And Flies Slowly Past
Tells Of The Development Of The Schneider Trophy Seaplanes Which Were The Forerunners Of The Spitfire. He Mentions His Own Part In The Schneider Trophy Race Of 1929
Spitfire Starts, Taxies, Takes Off And Passes Overhead
Jet Engine On Test Bed
One Of The Team That Developed The Early Gas Turbine Engines Talks About The Birth Of The Jet
Comet IV Taking Off
Then Chief Test Pilot And A Director Of The De Havilland Aircraft Company Tells The Story Of The Culmination Of The British Contribution To Powered Flight - The First Passenger-Carrying Jet Airliner In The World - The Comet
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- Product Type: BOOK
- Barcode: 9781910809303
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