Pioneer pilot: The great Smith Barry who taught the world how to fly by Tredrey, Frank D

Hardcover, ISBN 9780432165157
Publisher: Peter Davies, 1976
London: Peter Davies, 1976. Large octavo, hardcover, x, 164 pp., plates. An good strong copy with ex library markings. number stamp and stamp says junior section. This is definitely not a juvenile reading book..Dust-jacket is protected with mylar, plastic.. Manilla pages that have lightly browned.Book is solid and strong.

. Enigmatic, eccentric, brilliant, Robert Smith Barry is almost as unknown as an aviator today as were the Wright Brothers in 1903. Yet he worked miracles first for Britain and then for world aviation. One of that small band of pioneers who became accomplished pilots before the First World War, Smith Barry flew anti-zeppelin patrols by night, was Albert Ball's commanding officer in 60 Squadron on the Western Front, fought successfully against the most relentless German aces.