Fishtailed
8th Dec 2006, 13:13
When looking for some information on the Fairey Gannet thread I dug out my copy of ‘Eagle Book of Aircraft’, as I remembered it had a cutaway colour plate of the aircraft. Leafing through it I realised what a fantastic book it was for a ten year old in the late fifties, and why I became an aircraft mad schoolboy. Its coverage of aviation, from George Caylee to space flight was excellent for the time, and now it is a good reference for the fifties. Does anyone else have a copy or share my views on the book. My original copy was lost, or disposed of when I married and moved out, but I discovered a copy at a car boot sale a few years ago and had to have it.
Another book I had around the same time I cannot find any reference on google to either the title or authors, was ‘How Planes Fly’ by (this could be wrong) Sidney E Vale and Wren. It was a softback with illustrations of a small boy being shown how to fly a Chipmunk. I think I got it from the BBC for entering a competition. Does anyone know of this book?
Another book I had around the same time I cannot find any reference on google to either the title or authors, was ‘How Planes Fly’ by (this could be wrong) Sidney E Vale and Wren. It was a softback with illustrations of a small boy being shown how to fly a Chipmunk. I think I got it from the BBC for entering a competition. Does anyone know of this book?