THE WHOLE ART OF FLYING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7265, 22 October 1910, Page 9

THE WHOLE ART OF FLYING

To their excellent "Companion" series ~ ~. , , „j,i„j 'The. the publishers have now added Ine . . I , „ ~ i-i i. 1,.. Aviators Companion,' which, so_ the preface informs us, has been written, for the most part, from materials eupplied by Henry Farman, the famous American aviator, with the idea of bringin" the comprehension of practical aviaHon to everyone's door. New Zealanders desirous of experimenting in aerial navi(ration will find some useful chapters on "The Thoorv of Flight and the I'rinciole--, of Mechanics," feather witli'Eobert Esnault-Pellerie's ideas on aviation motors, as contained in a lecture delivered

before the French. Institute of Civil Engineers. The. chapter headed "lly Experiences in Aviation." is from Henry Farmnn's own pen. and is practically a history of his thirty-odd years of life, in which lie has surely compressed experiences sufficient to most men for many hundreds. A special chapter also is <levoted to Sautes Dumont, the plucky young Brazilian, whose name must ever be respected as that 01 one oi the al>lest oe riM>«-"Y < ■. „ v i-,timi It is m'Dneers or the art ot awauon. 11 is s . m±os Dumont that the distinction ; a {( :a ' c i les 0 ( being the first man in I Europe to leave the pround on a heavier- ' than-air machine. The work is.kept as clear as possible from difociUt teehnicalities, and the explanations, ot zae functions devolving upon the various parts of the aeroplane and biplane are most interesting and useful. The lllustrations are very numerous, and form a most useful and attractive feature ot a volume which is wonderfully good _ value for half-a-crown.

"The Aviator's Companion.", By Dick and Henrv Farman and others. London : Mills and Boon. Wellington: W'hitconibe and Tombs.