Flying With the Larks (eBook)

The Early Aviation Pioneers of Larkhill

Timothy C. Brown (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2013 | 1. Auflage
192 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7524-9235-3 (ISBN)

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In 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved their dream of powered flight and from then on man's domination of the skies became a reality. The military potential of aircraft was obvious from the outset, first as a way of spying on the enemy with reconnaissance planes and balloons armed with early cameras, and then as a way of taking the battle into the skies, as planes became weapons of war. In Britain these early days of military aviation were pioneered by a group of enthusiastic civilians and military men who were based at Lark Hill, Wiltshire where the rolling plains became ideal flying grounds. Here, the first military aviation base came into existence. Flying with the Larks charts its early days and its influence on First World War aviation.

Timothy Brown served in the Fleet Air Arm for many years. On moving to Wiltshire in 2006, he became fascinated with Salisbury Plain's aviation history, and involved in Lark Hill and the adjacent Stonehenge landscape.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2013
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: aviation history • First World War • lark hill • Military Aircraft • military aviation base • the early aviation pioneers of larkhill • the early aviation pioneers of larkhill, aviation history, military aircraft, lark hill, wiltshire, military aviation base, first world war, world war one, world war i, world war 1, wwi, ww1 • Wiltshire • World War 1 • World War I • World War One • WW1 • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-7524-9235-7 / 0752492357
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7524-9235-3 / 9780752492353