MODEL AIRCRAFT FOR BOYS
Written by W.E. Johns, W. Rigby
Illustrated by W. Rigby
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford
in 1935
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MODEL AIRCRAFT FOR BOYS
Written by W.E. Johns, W. Rigby.
Illustrated by W. Rigby.
Stock no. 1330552
1st.
1935.
Hardback.
Good condition.
Foreword by Captain W.E. Johns (editor of Popular Flying and author of Biggles). Pictorial boards. 96 pages. B/w illustrations. Covers are grubby and worn. Backstrip is browned and has possibly been re-glued. Some light foxing but contents generally very good.
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword, by Captain W.E. Johns
- Author's Note
- I. Aero-Modelling is a World-Wide Hobby
- II. What Makes a Model Fly?
- III. The Angle of Incidence
- IV. Engine-Torque
- V. Tools and Materials
- VI. The "Sprite"
- VII. Let's Go Flying
- VIII. Launching
- IX. Covering and Doping
- X. Nose-Pieces and Propellers
- XI. The Fuselage
- XII. Wings
- XIII. The Under-Carriage
- XIV. Wheels
- XV. Paper Aircraft
- XVI. An Object Lesson with a Paper Glider