Pioneers, Showmen and the RFC
Colourpoint Books (Verlag)
978-1-78073-106-3 (ISBN)
"Few people nowadays are able to visualise the difficulties and dangers of learning to fly in 1910...flying was in the experimental stage, it was impossible to predict how the frail and flimsy structure would behave in the air." Captain Frederick Sykes, writing in 1940. This is a brand new account of early aviation in Ireland. It describes and examines the key events in the field of aviation during the bare five years between Harry Ferguson's first flight and the outbreak of the Great War. It studies the people, the aircraft and the places involved, and makes much use of contemporary sources to reveal the story through the eyes of those who witnessed these exciting times. All main personalities are covered as well as much new research on several more obscure pioneers.
Guy Warner is a retired schoolteacher and former civil servant, who grew up in Newtownabbey, attending Abbots Cross Primary School and Belfast High School before going to Leicester University and later Stranmillis College. He now lives in Greenisland, Co Antrim with his wife Lynda. They have two daughters and four grandchildren. He is the author of more than 30 books and booklets on aviation, naval and military history, as well as several hundred articles for magazines in the UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Portugal, Canada and the USA. He also acted as a consultant to museums and universities, reviews books for several publications, gives talks to local history societies, etc and makes contributions to TV and radio programmes, discussing aspects of aviation history.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2017 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 208 x 259 mm |
| Gewicht | 596 g |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78073-106-X / 178073106X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78073-106-3 / 9781780731063 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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