Flight Fantastic The Illustrated History of Aerobatics
Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing Group, 1986. Quarto, illustrated printed hardback, 320 pp., frontispiece, illustrated throughout with numerous black-and-white and colour photographs and diagrams, three appendices included. Spine ends and corners slightly bumped, lower spine end has a small nick in the edge, dust-jacket a little worn and torn on top and tail edges, spine of dust-jacket faded; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated international history of sport and competition aerobatics, and of the development of aerobatic manoeuvres. Annette Carson details 80 years of aerobatics, from the first loop-the-loop executed by a Russian pilot in 1913 to the complex moves made in the 1980s by fearless and highly specialised competition pilots seeking to master the "flight fantastic" Item #4770
Price (AUD): $70.00