Captain de Havilland's Moth
Tales of High Adventure from the Golden Age of Aviation
$33.90
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
11 February 2025
Summary
A nostalgic celebration of the golden age of aviation
The world’s most iconic light aircraft, the DH60 Moth was the brain-child of Geoffrey de Havilland, genius son of an angry and disappointed Victorian clergyman. A successful designer of military aircraft, Geoffrey dreamed of doing for aircraft what the Model T had done for cars. The emergence of his Moth in February 1925 marked the beginning of a craze for flying that gripped a war-weary world for more than a decade. The most succe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349146454 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349146454 |
| Author: | Alexander Norman |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 11 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 103mm x 530mm x 242mm |
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Captain de Havilland’s Moth is a joy. Every chapter is chock full of extraordinary people, evocative places and often jaw-dropping adventures. Alexander Norman brings to life a golden era in aviation history in such a vivid and entertaining way… I wish I’d thought of it! * Rowland White *A wonderfully affecting, highly entertaining, at times elegiac account of a legendary aircraft, and the colourful and courageous men and women who flew her * John Nichol *Norman’s thoroughly compelling history… delivers scrapes and soarings in equal, diverting measure * New Statesman *Brilliant… illuminating. One of the best books not just on de Havilland, but on aviation in general, to be published for some time * Pilot Magazine *Vivid and entertaining * TLS *
About The Author
Alexander Norman
Alexander Norman was a professional soldier, before taking a degree at Oxford University. He has written and co-written a number of top ten bestsellers, including Gurkha, with Colour-Sergeant Kailash Limbu. He also collaborated with the Dalai Lama on his autobiography, Freedom in Exile. An experienced Moth pilot himself, Alexander Norman’s family was at the centre of the Moth craze between the wars. His grandfather, a great-aunt, two great-uncles and, subsequently, his father and two uncles were all Moth owners.
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