TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa

TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
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Title: TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa
Author(s): SIR COBHAM, Alan, K.B.E.
Category: Aircraft / Aviation / Airlines
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Medium Hardcover
Published: 1930
Published By: George G. Harrap & Co.
Edition: Reprinted 1932
Pages: 249
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 40 d

Condition

No dust jacket - first image for illustrative purposes only.
Immaculate for age with only wear on covers, name on end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

Sir Alan Cobham's account of his flight round Africa in 1929 in a flying-boat.

Air-route development in Africa was a direct result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight that began in France and crossing the Mediterranean, the route was via Malta, Egypt, East Africa through Kenya and Nyasaland, from Beira to Lagos, across to the Ivory Coast, from Freetown to Cape Bojador and through the Canaries, essentially navigating most of the coast of Africa. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the long journey, in so doing establishing a record for air travel by a woman. This Sir Alan Cobham's first-hand account of his journey.

Includes monochrome images, and fold-out map on rear end paper.

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