by Nevil Shute
Of major interest to people curious about the interwar history of Airplane design in England, it also has some interesting points about growing up in Britain and Ireland before and during world war I, including an adventure during his easter holidays in 1916 where he became a volunteer stretcher-bea...
Interesting book. the author Nevil Shute was an engineer involved in the building of the R100/R101 and the establishment of the Airspeed aircraft building company. Concentrates on the interval between the two world wars, when he was a young man, working his way in aircraft design. Was recomended to ...