Flying Flea; Henri Mignet's Pou-du-Ciel - Softcover

Ord-Hume, Arthur W. J. G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840335548 ISBN 13: 9781840335545

Publisher: Stenlake Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

With more than a little nostalgia for the days when flying was still an adventure that anyone could participate in and the sky was less restricted and controlled than it is today, the author presents to us one of the original participants in that adventure. Frenchman Henri Mignet's creation, the Flying Flea provided aviation enthusiasts of the era with a viable machine for a mere £25 (£65 with a decent engine). He took on the UK aviation bureaucracy and won, allowing ordinary folk to build and fly his soon-to-be-famous little machine. His story is the stuff of Boy's Own heroics and in the telling of it the author allows us to join him in re-living his own youthful enthusiasms in the early years of flying.

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Review:

I received from a very good friend your book about the flying flea. I enjoyed it from the first to the last line. I would like to thank you for your magnificent work. All the pou community will be delighted to discover your book.
--Thibaut Cammermans, HM14 builder and restorer Brussels, Belgium

From the Publisher:

Written with Arthur's typical charm, wit and humour this book is nevertheless a comprehensive history of an important chapter in aviation history. It includes a number of previously unpublished images from private sources and the author's first hand knowledge of events makes the book invaluable for anyone with a desire to understand the various ways in which humanity 'reached for the sky' in the early part of the 20th century.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stenlake Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1840335548
• ISBN 13: 9781840335545
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96