From Wax Wings to Flying Drones: A Very Unreliable History of Aviation

By Norman Ferguson

Was Keith Harris's Orville really named after the first-ever flyer?

What exactly is a 'Spitfire'?

Why did Richard Branson try to cross the Atlantic in a balloon when he owned an airline?

These are the questions that fail to keep proper aeronautical historians awake - but no matter, From Wax Wings to Flying Drones is here to answer them. Chock-full of important stuff like planes, pilots and pioneers such as the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and that man off the telly who used to fly on Concorde, this is a book for everyone who's ever watched a plane in the sky and thought, 'I wonder what its registration is?'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075099973X
• ISBN13: 9780750999731
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.9"