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

An irreverent romp through time looking back over the history of aviation, from Icarus and his wax wings to everything that happened since

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?’

• | Author: Norman Ferguson
• | Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• | Publication Date: Aug 11, 2022
• | Number of Pages:
• | Language:
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-13: 9780750999731
• | ISBN-10: 075099973X