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The Aeroplane Speaks. Fifth Edition
·
H. Barber
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PRINTED
IN
ENGLAND
BY
BILLING
AND
SONS,
LIMITED
GUILDFORD
DEDICATED
TO
THE
SUBALTERN
FLYING
OFFICER
MOTIVE
The
reasons
impelling
me
to
write
this
book,
the
maiden
effort
of
my
pen,
are,
firstly,
a
strong
desire
to
help
the
ordinary
man
to
understand
the
Aeroplane
and
the
joys
and
troubles
of
its
Pilot;
and,
secondly,
to
produce
something
of
practical
assistance
to
the
Pilot
and
his
invaluable
assistant
the
Rigger.
Having
had
some
eight
years'
experience
in
designing,
building,
and
flying
aeroplanes,
I
have
hopes
that
the
practical
knowledge
I
have
gained
may
offset
the
disadvantage
of
a
hand
more
used
to
managing
the
"joy-stick"
than
the
dreadful
haltings,
the
many
side-slips,
the
irregular
speed,
and,
in
short,
the
altogether
disconcerting
ways
of
a
pen.
The
matter
contained
in
the
Prologue
appeared
in
the
Field
of
May
6th,
13th,
20th,
and
27th,
1916,
and
is
now
reprinted
by
the
kind
permission
of
the
editor,
Sir
Theodore
Cook.
I
have
much
pleasure
in
also
acknowledging
the
kindness
of
Mr.
C.
G.
Grey,
editor
of
the
Aeroplane,
to
whom
I
am
indebted
for
the
valuable
illustrations
reproduced
at
the
end
of
this
book.
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