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A Time to Fly

A Time to Fly

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{detailed description}The international air traveller who sits in almost silent comfort as he is transported at immense speeds and great altitudes from one part of the globe to another, seldom appreciates quite how extraordinary the idea of 'civil aviation' seemed less than 50 years ago. One man played a greater part than any other in convincing world opinion that flying could—and would—become the accepted means of travelling long distances. His name was Alan Cobham.
Part crusader, part showman, and endowed not only with charm and luck but also with enormous energy, throughout his life he was a pioneer, and as such refused to consider even the possibility of failure. Whether he was flying to South Africa or Australia or taking thousands of ordinary men and women for their first flight at one of his National Aviation Day displays, or exploring the practical possibilities of refuelling aircraft in flight, Cobham was a man who gave everything he had to the one idea which resulted in the universal acceptance of the aeroplane for civilian use.
He had just completed his autobiography when he died. A Time to Fly is the distillation of his manuscript, and brilliantly reflects the vigour and sense-of-purpose which motivated him throughout his life. It vividly recalls the days of open cockpits with the wind screaming past fragile wings hour after hour; of dangerous landings on mud or grass in countries where no plane had been before; of aviation's heroic age, full of the exhilaration and drama of striving for what was deemed impossible.
Above all, A Time to Fly is a human story with a message for our own time by one of the most colourful figures in the history of aviation.
{Author / Publisher / Date}by Sir Alan Cobham
published by Shepherd Walwyn 1978 1st edn. 214pp illustrated, appendix 16x24
{condition}very good inc. d/j
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