Early Aviation at Farnborough – The First Aeroplanes – Percy Walker

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Early Aviation at Farnborough – The First Aeroplanes – Percy Walker

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A particularly good to better copy of this stand out book on the very first aeroplanes.

First edition published by MacDonald, London in 1974. Quarto, 375 pages, littered with images from original photographs and diagrams of these first in the air machines. Still has its original pictorial slipcase. A heavy book not really suitable fro Overseas.

Described as Volume II as there was an earlier book on balloons etc but generally seen separately as they carry different interests.

Naturally, we start with the Wright Brothers. Colonel Caper visits the US in 1904 to see the Wright Brothers and Samual Langley – Negotiations takes place, but they are frustrated. In 1906 further approaches are made – more rejections. Cody moves on [first without engines] and the first machine is ready in October 1908. It works and we are in the air. There is some mystery along the way – the odd hoax – the odd tree gets in the way – but generally speaking we are off and running – well “flying”!

If it’s Farnborough, then it’s Flying.

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