Charles Spicer - Flying Pianos: The Eccentric Birth of British Aviation ...with TRE's Giles Brown

In the first few decades of the twentieth century British aviators went from gliding a handful of yards to crossing the Atlantic. Journeying from perilous ‘cotton-and-hope’ prototypes to the Spitfire, Flying Pianos surveys the transformation of flight from genteel gentleman’s hobby to terrifying military force.

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