Mr. C. G. Grey in All the World's Aircraft, 1926
(Sampson w, 42s.), makes some amusing observations in his usual chant style on the difficulty he has had in obtaining ormation about the progress of aviation in France : regards that country, however, and all others the reader y rest satisfied with the results of the author's arches. There are detailed descriptions of the flying vices of all nations, the design of practically all aeroplanes d airships of the world (save the secret types for use in war),
d specifications and performance figures of the chief com- rcial machines. This is a monumental work, splendidly strated and arranged by one of the foremost authorities aviation. Although expensive and by its nature somewhat hnical in part's, it would make a splendid present for a ver boy : as a reference book it is invaluable for up-to-date ople.
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