Buy this book on-line TREDREY, F. D: : PIONEER PILOT - The Great Smith Barry who taught the world how to flyUK.OXON.PBS,c1976. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.NFINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore -edges aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tipss - possibly an unread copy? Bright, crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain air-force blue cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,xpp+164pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements,12 chapters+postscript,record of service,a bibliography,sources and notes,an index and 8pp contemporary b/w photographs. 'The great Smith Barry!' wrote the father of the RAF,Lord TRENCHARD.'He was the man who taught the world to fly.
'Enigmatic,eccentric,brilliant,ROBERT BARRY SMITH is almost unknown as an aviator today as were the Wright Bros in 1903.Yet he worked miracles first for Britain and then for world aviation.One of the small band of pioneers who became accomplished pilots before the First World War,SMITH BARRY flew anti-Zeppelin patrols by night,was ALBERT BALL's commanding officer in 60 Squadron on the Western Front,fought successfully against the most relentless German aces.Constantly he was aware of the appalling wastage of life among young pilots who were hustled into combat with inadequate training. With the support of TRENCHARD,he created a systematized and sophisticated form of flying training - the Gosport School - which revolutionized the instruction of RFC pilots,and led to the adoption of new standards in all the world's airforces.
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