Название: Letters From an Early Bird: The Life and Letters of Denys Corbett Wilson, 1882-1915
Автор: Donal MacCarron
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1459688090
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 260
Размер: 13,5 МБ
Язык: Английский

This is the story of an early pioneer aviator who took to the air just a few years after the Wright Brothers proved that man was capable of controlled powered flight. Corbett Wilson (CW) was the only son of a wealthy family and was educated at Eaton from 1896 to 1899. He was commissioned into the Dorset Regiment and served in the South African War, by the end of which he had transferred to the Royal Artillery and became a Lieutenant in 1908. CW enrolled at the Bleriot Flying School at Pau in southern France and upon gaining his wings purchased a Bleriot XI airplane. Later he flew from Hendon Aerodrome and from there he made the first flight across the Irish Sea.



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