The world's worst aircraft / James Gilbert
1975, 1st edition. Walton-on-Thames [England] : M & J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #323865
ISBN: 0718112695
Physical description: 192 pages: illustrations; 26 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
Contents: The fore-runners -- Balloonatics -- Lilian Bland's Mayfly -- Forssman's folly -- The Christmas Bullet -- The Tarrant Tabor -- Multiplanes -- Gee-bees -- The Barling Bomber -- The R101 Airship -- The Maxim Gorky -- Dornier's giant flying boats -- The Flying Flea -- The Brewster Buffalo -- The Fairey battle -- Floundering Elephants -- Komet or the Devil's sled -- The Brabazon -- Flying 'Queens' -- The Convair Jetliners -- Man-powered flight.
Subjects: Aeronautics Miscellanea. Aeronautics.
Flygplan historia. Aeronautics History. Genre:
Bibliography. Illustrated.
Price: €12.95