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In this book on the history of flight in Scotland you can: find out about the man who tried to fly off the wall at Stirling Castle and about Percy Pilcher and his fragile 'Bat' glider; be amazed at the story of Vincenzo Lunardi, and his balloon flight in 1785 from Edinburgh to Fife; see how aircraft are used in war, from the airships, and planes with open cock-pits, in World War I, to the Cold War V-bombers; read about UFOs in the 'Falkirk Triangle', the short-lived Rocket Post and much more; and check out how you can visit Concorde Alpha Alpha at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, and the other flying machines there.
Contents
Stuff of dreams: Father John Damian
Balloon mania: James Tytler (1745-1804)
Lunardi from Lucca: Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806)
First World War: Airpower, the new weapon of war
The first non-stop transatlantic flight: Sir Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948)
Monster of the air: The R34 airship
Breaking records: 1930s aviation 'first's
Second World War: Dogfights around the Firth of Forth / Airfields and air stations
Flying boats and seaplanes: What's the difference?
Defence in the Cold War: The Royal Observer Corps
Highlands and Islands airports
Making aircraft in scotland
Leisure flying: The world at your feet
helicopters: Workhorses of the air
Scottish airports: Commercial passenger flight
Golf Bravo Oscar Alpha Alpha: The Concorde Experience
Future flight: Scotland 2040
UFOs: The Bonnybridge Triangle
Answers/Places of interest/Useful websites
Facts and activities