Another book you may care to track down for your collection is "Airdays" by John F Leeming
He helped found the Lancashire Aero Club, promoted the building of the first municipal airport in Britain at Barton and started Northern Airlines.
All of this and more including landing an Avro Avian on a mountain in the Lake District are contained therein.
Its an excellent, though rare, read.
Sir George Cayley
The air is a navigable ocean that laps at everyones door