God Gave Them Wings: British Civil Air Accidents July 1786 - December 1920

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Series: British Civil Aircraft Losses, Book 1

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ISBN10: 1915335272
ISBN13: 9781915335272
Publisher: Aviation Books Ltd.
Published: Dec 31 2025
Pages: 498
Weight: 2.52
Height: 1.00 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

'Surely the most comprehensive record of the high cost to Britain's aviation pioneers.' Flypast magazine

Manned aviation started in Britain in1784, when James Tyler took to the skies above Edinburgh in a balloon. Tragically, the first fatal accident took place only a couple of years later, when 22-year-old Ralph Heron fell from an ascending balloon as he helped to launch it.

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