Gliding and Soaring. An Introduction to Motorless Flight.
New York: Whittlesey House, 1931,
First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. (xiv); 234pp. Whittlesey House, Item #19019
Sections discuss ground instruction, actual gliding, soaring, construction of different types of gliders, detailed directions for building model gliders, wind currents, gliding over water, duration flights over fixed points, long distance flights in gliders, and experimentation. Extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs. Name on front endpaper, half title and on front of dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped but is worn and chipped at extremities. Book in very good condition with very small price sticker on front endpaper.
Price: $40.00