Pigs Might Fly
Pigs Might Fly - the stories of the early aviation pioneers
Not sure if this series of books has been mentioned before. I have bought Early French Aviators and Early British Aviators and read them. I found them to add some personality to these Pioneers of Aviation. I would be interested to know of other opinions if you have read them.:) |
New to me, but very much my line of interest. A casual glance shows one area of omission: Ornithopters; this is not a criticism, just an observation! Long regarded as an impossibility and therefore not "aircraft", with modern materials and engineering they have at last flown so I feel their ancestors do have historical merit. Certainly London's Science Museum has a few bits of Frost's Ornithopter on display; slight bias on my part because we are related!
In my experience a lot of people seem to think that there were no working aircraft before the Wright Brothers, and I think the full history of flight is particularly interesting when you study the pioneering work before their time. I feel a purchase is imminent! |
I feel put out.
I thought that this thread was about Valletta's and Varsity's. |
The 'Pig' was our (Oz) nickname for the F-111 as well.
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Well 'aardvark' means 'earth pig' in Afrikaans.
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