SKYWRITING AN AVIATION ANTHOLOGY
Written by James Gilbert, et al
Published by M. And J. Hobbs; Michael Joseph
in 1978
ISBN: 0071816232
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- TRANSPORT
- AVIATION
- LITERATURE
- ANTHOLOGY - STORY
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SKYWRITING AN AVIATION ANTHOLOGY
Written by James Gilbert, et al.
Stock no. 1712096
1st.
1978.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Collection of excerpts from the finest writers on aviation. ISBN: 0071816232. Spine bumped. Wrapper spine faded.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Old Flying Days: C.C. Turner
- 2 The First Airborne Marriage: Dr M.L. Amick
- 3 The Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright: ed. Marvin W. McFarland
- 4 Aircraft: Le Corbusier
- 5 Sky Fever: Sir Geoffrey de Havilland
- 6 Sagittarius Rising: Cecil Lewis
- 7 The Red Air Fighter: Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen
- 8 Ace of the Iron Cross: Ernst Udet
- 9 The Dying Aviator and In Other Words: songs
- 10 Flying Dutchman: Anthony H.G. Fokker and Bruce Gould
- 11 Rickenbacker: an autobiography
- 12 Old Soggy No. 1: Hart Stilwell and Slats Rodgers
- 13 The Spirit of St Louis: Charles Lindbergh
- 14 Slide Rule: Nevil Shute
- 15 The Lonely Sea and the Sky: Francis Chichester
- 16 Ernest K. Gann's Flying Circus: Ernest K. Gann
- 17 On Being A Bird: Philip Wills
- 18 The Airman's Alphabet: W.H. Auden
- 19 A Rabbit in the Air: David Garnett
- 20 Wind, Sand and Stars: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- 21 I Flew With The Birds: Harald Penrose
- 22 Fate is the Hunter: Ernest K. Gann
- 23 Dancing the Skies: John Gillespie Magee
- 24 The Last Enemy: Richard Hillary
- 25 Flames in the Sky: Pierre Clostermann
- 26 The Big Show: Pierre Clostermann
- 27 Duel Under the Stars: Wilhelm Johnen
- 28 Misson With LeMay: General Curtis E. LeMay
- 29 Serenade to the Big Bird: Bert Stiles
- 30 Baa Baa Black Sheep: 'Pappy' Boyington
- 31 I Flew For The Fuhrer: Heinz Knoke
- 32 The Blimp That Came Home - Without Its Crew: Jack Pearl
- 33 Song of the Sky: Guy Murchie
- 34 MiG Alley: Colonel Harrison R. Thyng
- 35 Stranger to the Ground: Richard Bach
- 36 No Echo in the Sky: Harald Penrose
- 37 Night Mission on the Ho Chi Minh Trail: Major Mark E. Berent
- 38 Always Another Dawn: A. Scott Crossfield with Clay Blair, Jnr.
- 39 Carrying the Fire: Michael Collins
- Bibliography