If you like to read about how things were before they invented airways, I recommend either:
"The flight of the Mew Gull" by Alex Henshaw, about long range single seat record breaking. At one stage he decides to check out the Mew by flying from Gravesend to Marseilles, back up to Scotland and then back to Gravesend - without landing in between!!
or:
"The Dangerous Skies" by A E Clouston, about flying the DH 88. Now available from Amazon.
However, if you're just after a cure for insomnia, then try the JAR-OPS manual; it's almost as interesting as reading logarithm tables!! By the way, Amazon are currently advertising the classic 'Fate is the Hunter' for £7.94!!
[This message has been edited by BEagle (edited 01 August 1999).]