Cross-channel aviation pioneers
Hales-Dutton, Bruce2020
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On 25 July 1909, a dapper, moustachioed Frenchman flying a flimsy, diaphanous aeroplane changed the status of a great nation. 'England is no longer an island,' declared the Daily Mail. Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper's proprietor, had put up the £1,000 prize for the first flight of the English Channel by the pilot of an aeroplane. In this book the author explores the many and varied milestones in cross-channel flight, beginning back in July 1785 when John-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries made the first crossing, by balloon.
Main title:
Cross-channel aviation pioneers / Bruce Hales-Dutton.
Author:
Hales-Dutton, Bruce, author
Imprint:
Barnsley : Air World, 2020.
Collation:
240 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526775597 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1179094
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