Author: Wing Adjutant
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ISBN: 9781332351381
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Excerpt from Plane Tales From the Skies The series of tales and sketches which make up this book are all founded on fact and are the actual experiences of pilots and observers, chiefly on the Western front. Many of the stories will be identified by people connected with the Royal Air Force and the chief actors easily recognised. I regret that, for obvious reasons, their names cannot be given. The book was practically completed before the formation of the Royal Air Force, so that the title of the old Royal Flying Corps has been retained in most cases. By the time this appears in print the amalgamation of the R. N. A. S. and R. F. C. should be complete, and sailors and soldiers alike settling down to the new order of things under the common title of "Airmen." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Wing Adjutant
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Languages : en
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Author: WING. ADJUTANT
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ISBN: 9781033315644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Eric Hodgins
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780364028995
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424

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Excerpt from Sky High: The Story of Aviation Our indebtednesses are few but deep. To Mr. Edward Weeks of the Atlantic Monthly Press and Mr. Theodore Morrison of the Atlantic Monthly we owe the original idea from which this book stemmed. Professor William N. Seaver, Librarian, and Mrs. Katherine Maynard, Vail Librarian, of Massachu setts Institute of Technology, graciously threw open the Treasure Room of the Library, which yielded information on the obscure early days of aviation and aerostation. We cannot be sufficiently grateful to Mr. Edward P. Warner, the first holder of the portfolio of Assistant Secretary Of the Navy for Aeronautics, and now Editor of Aviation, who read the proofs with painstaking care. TO Mr. Carl H. Claudy of Washington, D. C., we owe a debt as great for the thorough ness with which be examined the proof for every type of error which an author can make. And without the supersecretarial services of Mrs. Harriet Rodgers this book could not have been written at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Wilfrid Theodore BLAKE
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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Author: Guy Murchie
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787201759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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Originally published in 1954, this is a magnificent book about the greatest adventure of our age: humanity’s exploration of the skies and space. One of the classics of aviation and scientific literature, written by wartime flier Guy Murchie, this book will fascinate even non-pilots and non-science oriented readers.

Author: Wilfrid Theodore Blake
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 181

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Author: Charles C. Turner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265457269
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Excerpt from The Struggle in the Air: 1914-1918I paid only one brief visit to France; but it was an eventful visit to me, for I examined by day from an aeroplane the British and German lines! From the sea to far south of Ypres, and I took part in a night raid by handley-page bombers.This is not an attempt to write a complete history of the aerial war, or to record all the Wonderful and brave deeds of our airmen. A book that would include all these would be valuable as a work of reference, but it would be essentially different in aim from this small effort. A certain number of the incidents here related have been told elsewhere, and in some cases there has been no need to go beyond the official reports. Some are here published for'the first time, and to some I have been able to add hitherto unpublished details.I am indebted to the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office (london Gazette), and to the Editors of the Times, Daily Telegraph, Morning Post, Daily Chronicle, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Observer, and the Aeroplane for permission to' quote from these newspapers; and also to the publishers (messrs. W. Blackwood and Sons) of An Airman's Outings, by Contact - (messrs. Long mans) of Flying Some Practical Experiences, by Hamel and Turner and Tales of the Great War, by Sir H. New bolt; and - (messrs. Cassell and Co.) of Plane Tales from the Skies, by Wing Adjutant.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Wilfred Theodore Blake
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Languages : en
Pages : 181

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Author: Elmer Haslett
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260827883
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Excerpt from Luck on the Wing: Thirteen Stories of a Sky Spy My application was hasty and unpremeditated and I did not actually realize what I had done until I got outside - then, just as after the unpremeditated murder, the murderer will turn from the body and cry, What have I - so I turned from that house with exactly the same thought, and as I walked back to my barracks I kept repeating to myself, What have I done! What have I done! The big question then was to find out the nature of the new job for which I had volunteered. The first question I asked of the two hundred officers when I returned to the barracks was: What is an airplane observer? NO one present could enlighten me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.