NICHOLAS ANGELO
FINE ART

FLYING THE OLD PLANES

Frank Tallman

In the Cockpit with a Famous Aviator as he Pilots 25 Historic Aircraft

Twenty Four Pages in Full Color - Forward by Ernest Gann

Book Description: Doubleday and Company Inc.

Garden City, New York, 1973.

Hardcover

Book Condition: Good

255 pages

  A Very Good Copy

  Unclipped Dust Jacket, one small tear on spine

"Frank Tallman has flown them all - large and small, fragile and resilient, reliable and eccentric. And in this book, the 'King of the Stunt Pilots' takes you along, into the cockpit, on flights in twenty-five historic aircraft, from a 1909 Bleriot to the ubiquitous Flying Fortress of World War II, with a hot-air balloon and a Goodyear blimp thrown in for good measure. Using a skillful blend of prose and pictures, he demonstrates, for example, the unforgiving rudder of the Fokker Eindecker, the hazards of landing the narrow-gear Spad, the fantastic burst of power as the throttle is rammed home in the gull-winged Corsair, the special char m of the Maurice Farman - 'a gracious, tractable old crook'. Here, too, is the story of how Tallman rescued these grand old pioneers of flight for his collection of historic planes, the world's largest. Each detail was scrupulously studied, and a ll parts were checked for authenticity. His goal, in this book as well as in his collection, is to make the early days of manned flight not a group of hazy memories or dusty models in a museum, but a vivid experience of unique grace and beauty."