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The Risk Takers: Racing & Record-Setting Aircraft: A Unique Pictorial Record 1908-1972 (Osprey Aviation Pioneers 2)
The Risk Takers Racing RecordSetting Aircraft A Unique Pictorial Record 19081972 - Osprey Aviation Pioneers 2
Author: Hugh Cowin
This book focuses upon two distinct but complementary - and in certain cases overlapping - aspects of aviation. At the Reims Air Show in 1909, the American Glenn Curtiss and Frenchman Louis Bleriot vied with each other for the speed record and Henry Farman won the distance prize. The first official air races were held in 1911. Why 'The Risk Ta...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781855329041
ISBN-10: 1855329042
Publication Date: 10/1/1999
Pages: 96
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Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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