Название: Bill Lancaster: The Final Verdict: The Life and Death of an Aviation Pioneer
Автор: Ralph Barker
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473855837
Год: 2015
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 249
Для сайта: litgu.ru
Размер: 18,0 МБ
Язык: Английский
Captain 'Bill' Lancaster, pioneer flyer of the twenties and thirties, disappeared on a flight over the Sahara in 1933. It was twenty-nine years before his body was found beside the wrecked plane; a logbook tied to the wing, contained the calm yet moving record of his wait for death.
Bill Lancaster's dramatic end was in keeping with his adventurous and colorful life. His service career established his reputation as a man without fear, and when he left the RAF in 1926 he turned to trailblazing. An attempt to be the first man to fly a light plane to Australia involved him with a top woman flyer, 'Chubbie' Miller and, neglecting their families, the pair flew together for four years until the depression forced Lancaster to leave in search of work.