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THE FLIGHT OF THE MEW GULL
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- Condition
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- Seller Notes
- “The book is unmarked, bright, tight and clean.”
- Book Title
- Flight of the Mew Gull
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Historical
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Publisher
- T.H.E. Crowood Press
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Type
- Aviation History
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Illustrated
- Genre
- Transportation
- Topic
- Aviation / History
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United Kingdom
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
- ISBN
- 9781840370218
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Item Weight
- 16.4 Oz
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Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the two World Wars was the King's Cup: Henshaw set his heart on it, developing a technique of racing which extracted the very maximum from his aircraft: firs the Comper Swift and then the DH Leopard Moth. Parallel with his search for speed was an obsession with making accurate landfalls, and he developed this blind-flying taken deliberately in a flying partnership with his father on many carefully planned long-distance survery flights. His exciting apprenticeship in these two skills was crowned by the acquisition of the Percival Mew Gull G-AEXF in 1937. His amazing solo flight to Cape Town and back in February 1939 established several solo records that still stand today, almost 60 years later. This feat of navigation and airmanship must surely be one of man's greatest flights - 12,754 miles over desert, sea and jungle in a single-engined light aircraft.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
T.H.E. Crowood Press
ISBN-10
1840370211
ISBN-13
9781840370218
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2750390
Product Key Features
Book Title
Flight of the Mew Gull
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Aviation / History
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Height
1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Tl721.H46
Copyright Date
1998
Dewey Decimal
629.134/53/0924
Dewey Edition
19
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