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April 19, 2011 | History
An edition of Pilots' Luck

Pilots' Luck

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A rare book nowadays. My volume is undated and so the date is guesswork for me. Fine pictures of the war in the air 1914-18 by the artist and flyer Clayton Knight interspersed with text from the writings of the other contributors, all well-known aviation personalities in their own right.

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George G Harrap
Pages
72

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Table of Contents

Artist's Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Chasing Tails
The war in the air
A perfect attack on a two-seater
The attack from the sun
Early in 1916
A balloon down in flames
Night bombing (Handley Pages)
Collision during a dog-fight
In no man's land
The dog fight
Attack on an observation balloon
"Archie" baiting
Off to the lines at dawn
Ground strafing
D.H. 9s bomb the submarine lairs
Among the shell holes
The top man wins
Night bombing
Flying out from a forced landing
Down out of control
The flying wires sing
The balloon buster at work
The crash

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Published in
London

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
72
Dimensions
28.5 x 20 x 1.5 centimeters
Weight
0.4 kilos

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OL24609746M

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April 19, 2011 Edited by 86.161.93.152 Author added
February 26, 2011 Edited by Christopher Thompson Book added by British book collector and aviation enthusiast
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