AVIATION MARCHES ON
SIR ALAN COBHAM'S HISTORY Besides being a fine pilot, Sir Alan Cobham is an interesting narrator, and his book on flying gives a splendid outlino of the progress of aviation since tho very early days, when it was something of an achievement to keep off the ground for a few hundred yards. The influence of tho Great War on flying was tremendous—it brought this comparatively untried means of transport up to the standard of a powerful and deadly offensive weapon, without which no country will ever again consider itself adequately defended. The exploits of British air " aces " are tlirillingly described. After the impetus of the Great Waf, aviation took an increasingly important position in the world of sneedy transport, and there are several interesting accounts of how the civil side dqveloped.
"Sir Alan Cobhnm's Book of the Air.' (Blackie and Son, Limited,)
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23020, 23 April 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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