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Brendan Lynch
Hardcover
256 pages
Alcock and Brown – first to fly the Atlantic non-stop. Brendan Lynch, in this excellent book, tells their story with the skill of a dedicated researcher and the talent of a popular novelist.
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Yesterday We Were in America
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The author sets the background to the flight against the birth of manned powered flight and Britain in the aftermath of the First World War. He goes on to describe the record breaking flight in detail, drawing on Alcock and Browns written records and their flying log book, and concludes with a round-up of the fates of all the pioneers who are mentioned in the narrative, and the flights legacy for Everyman. Now published as a paperback, Yesterday We Were in America is the first accurate and atmospheric account of one of the most significant and dramatic flights in history.
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| Weight | 0.54 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22.9 × 15.2 × 1.7 cm |
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