Publisher's hardcover with pictorial dust jacket.
vii + 362pp. Illustrations in profusion.
'A short one hundred years ago, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright, made the first successful powered flight from the sands of Kittyhawk. They helped to open a new branch of science that would develop at an unprecedented pace.
Mankind had flown prior to 1903, taking to the air in balloons and gliders as far back as the eighteenth century, but the age of sustained and controlled flight had finally arrived.
Now, in this aviation centenary year, the contribution made by pilots, aircraft designers and builders to flight in the southern half of Africa is highlighted in a long-overdue volume on this neglected field of endeavour.
Here are the heroes and the rogues, the triumphs and the failures. This lavishly illustrated book, the product of 15 years' research, uses over eight hundred images to convey the excitement of those pioneers who took to the air In Southern Skies.'
- Jacket Condition: Fine
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Sold By: Rare Paper
- Contact Person: Armandt Marais
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0741235861
- Preferred Payment Methods: EFT, Bank Deposit. For International Customers: Paypal with 6% surcharge, International Transfer
- Trade Associations: A. A. Approved
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