SOME MILESTONES OF AVIATION
First Published in June 1935 - 232 Pages
(I believe the first edition of this book had no catalogue at the
back. Some reprints have a catalogue of
39 pages at the rear of the book)
INTERESTINGLY, INSIDE, THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY CALLED SOME MILESTONES IN AVIATION! – SEE PHOTOS BELOW
This dust jacket is taken from a later edition of the book with no
catalogue in the rear. The original
first edition had a 30-page catalogue in the rear, with the first book shown
being ‘The Eagle of Lille’ by Max Immelmann.
The jacket above shows the surprisingly high price of 6/- net. The 1940 Reference Catalogue of Current Literature published by
Whitaker has the
price of this book as 3/6. Was the price
originally high and then went down? That
did happen with some John Hamilton books.
Or was the price originally low and then went up? I don’t know.
Certainly, there are numerous editions of this book.
This contains 27 'milestones' and 32 photographs. The 'milestones'
are:-
FORWARD
THE STARTING POINT - Early attempts at flight (a short essay by W. E. Johns)
I. - THE FIRST OVERSEAS FLIGHT - 1785
II - THE FIRST AIRCRAFT IN WAR - 1794
III - THE FIRST PARACHUTE DESCENT - 1797
IV - THE BIRTH OF THE AIRSHIP - 1834
V - THE FIRST LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT - 1836
VI - THE FIRST POLAR FLIGHT - 1897
VII - THE FIRST AIR RACE - 1900
VIII - THE FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHTS - 1903
IX - THE FIRST AEROPLANE CROSS-CHANNEL FLIGHT - 1909
X - THE FIRST AIR MAIL IN ENGLAND - 1911
XI - THE SCHNEIDER CONTEST - 1912
XII - THE GREAT WAR - 1914
XIII - THE FIRST DIRECT FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC - 1919
XIV - THE FIRST AIRSHIP FLIGHT TO AMERICA AND BACK - 1919
XV - THE FIRST FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA - 1919
XVI - THE FIRST FLIGHT TO THE CAPE - 1920
XVII - DUTCH FLIGHTS TO THE EAST INDIES - 1924
XVIII - WITH COBHAM TO THE CAPE - 1925
XIX - LINDBERGH'S ATLANTIC FLIGHT - 1927
XX - THE FIRST SOLO FLIGHT TO THE CAPE - 1927
XXI - THE FAR EAST FLIGHT - 1927
XXII - THE ITALIAN ATLANTIC FORMATION FLIGHT - 1930
XXIII - POST AND GATTY'S ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT 1931
XXIV - THE FIRST PACIFIC NON-STOP FLIGHT 1931
XXV - TEN MILES HIGH IN A BALLOON - 1931-1932
XXVI - NON-STOP TO THE CAPE 1933
XXVII - THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN RACE - 1934
Some Milestones of Aviation
Published by John Hamilton
First Edition – Note the title on the dust jacket is “Some
Milestones OF Aviation”
Cover Boards - Note the title on the spine of the book is “Some
Milestones OF Aviation”
Frontispiece – Note the title actually inside the book is “Some
Milestones IN Aviation”
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