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2 March 2007, 07:01 AM
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Taking Flight
If you have an intrest in developing aviation you will be hard pressed to find a more detailed, well researched (the referenced notes take up 90 pages), fascinating history than "Taking Flight, Inventing The Aerial Age From Antiquity Through The First World War " by Richard Hallion. I discovered a copy at a soon to close bookstore at an extreme discount, even after skimming through it briefly I decided it would be foolish to pass it up. Though I am little more than half-way through the book myself it has impressed me enough to give it a hearty recommendation. There are a good many copies available via abebooks for an extremely reasonable price.
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5 March 2007, 03:03 PM
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Retread: "Folks are smart when they agree with you!"
If there was ever going to be just one aviation history book, Dick Hallion's would get the nod. Actually, it's the first of a series, and I think Pt. II is well along, probably ending with WW Deuce. |
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5 March 2007, 04:45 PM
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I haven't read this yet, but Hallion is a good writer. I'll hunt it down on ebay....
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5 March 2007, 07:59 PM
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rainbase - if you're not concerned about remainder marks, there are a number of inexpensive copies on half.com:
http://product.half.ebay.com/_W0QQtgZinfoQQprZ2278465 Dan |
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