Gilbert, James (1935-2006) - The world's worst aircraft / James Gilbert

Walton-on-Thames [England] : M & J Hobbs in association with Michael Joseph 1975. 1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 192 pages: illustrations; 26 cm.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index. Contents: The fore-runners -- Balloonatics -- Lilian Bland's Mayfly -- Forssman's folly -- The Christmas Bullet -- The Tarrant Tabor -- Multiplanes -- Gee-bees -- The Barling Bomber -- The R101 Airship -- The Maxim Gorky -- Dornier's giant flying boats -- The Flying Flea -- The Brewster Buffalo -- The Fairey battle -- Floundering Elephants -- Komet or the Devil's sled -- The Brabazon -- Flying 'Queens' -- The Convair Jetliners -- Man-powered flight. Subjects: Aeronautics Miscellanea. Aeronautics. Flygplan historia. Aeronautics History. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. ISBN: 0718112695.

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