Flight in Scotland Paperback / softback
by Frances Jarvie, Gordon Jarvie
Part of the Scotties series
Paperback / softback
Description
In this book on the history of flight in Scotland you can: find out about the man who tried to fly off the wall at Stirling Castle and about Percy Pilcher and his fragile 'Bat' glider; be amazed at the story of Vincenzo Lunardi, and his balloon flight in 1785 from Edinburgh to Fife; see how aircraft are used in war, from the airships, and planes with open cock-pits, in World War I, to the Cold War V-bombers; read about UFOs in the 'Falkirk Triangle', the short-lived Rocket Post and much more; and check out how you can visit Concorde Alpha Alpha at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, and the other flying machines there.
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages, full colour thro'out
- Publisher:NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:04/02/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781905267248
Information
-
Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:48 pages, full colour thro'out
- Publisher:NMSE - Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:04/02/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781905267248
