In this book on the history of flight in Scotland you can: find out about the man who tried to fly off the wall at Stirling Castle and about Percy Pilcher and his fragile 'Bat' glider; be amazed at the story of Vincenzo Lunardi, and his balloon flight in 1785 from Edinburgh to Fife; see how aircraft are used in war, from the airships, and planes with open cock-pits, in World War I, to the Cold War V-bombers; read about UFOs in the 'Falkirk Triangle', the short-lived Rocket Post and much more; and check out how you can visit Concorde Alpha Alpha at the National Museum of Flight in East Lothian, and the other flying machines there.

 

This book is part of a book series called Scotties .

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by NMSE - Publishing Ltd .

Frances and Gordon Jarvie are editors of the Scotties series and between them authors of seven of the titles. Frances Jarvie is a former teacher and one of the Scotties series editors.