Biggles Learns to Fly - Hardcover
He tilted the machine on to its side, holding up his nose with the throttle, and commenced to slip wing-tip first towards the ground. Whether he was over British or German territory he neither knew nor cared; he had to get on to the ground or be burnt alive.
This is the story of the very beginning - of the Air Service and of Biggles. It's the First World War and Biggles is just 17; the planes are primitive; combat tactics are non-existent; and pilots and their gunners communicate by hand signals and have no contact with the ground. This is where Biggles learns his craft and finds he has a certain aptitude for flying in battle...
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- PublisherSevern House Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0727805924
- ISBN 13 9780727805928
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages160
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Biggles Learns To Fly
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Severn House Publishers, London
(1980)
ISBN 10: 0727805924
ISBN 13: 9780727805928
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. This is a Good Only Copy of this Book in a Good Only Dust-Jacket.Uncommon title with this copy being ex library and possesses the usual stamps to the copyright page with tape remnant marks to the front and rear pastedowns and with smaller date stamps to both pastedowns,some dulling and thumbing to the page edges and page margins.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,wrapper protected in cover sleeve,ex library status 8vo 160pp Reprint [1980]. Seller Inventory # 79014
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