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“The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.”

Book:The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ...

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The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ...

This book offers an in-depth look at the aerial warfare tactics and experiences of the Royal Air Force during the First World War. more

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Walter Alexander Raleigh

Walter Alexander Raleigh, a British poet, was born in 1861 and passed away on May 13, 1922. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound depiction of nature. more

Book:Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)

Source: Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish Dictionary: Whereunto is Adjoined a Large Nomenclature of the Proper Terms (in All the Four) Belonging to Several Arts and Sciences, to Recreations, to Professions Both Liberal and Mechanick, &c. Divided Into Fiftie Two Sections; with Another Volume of the Choicest Proverbs in All the Said Toungs, (consisting of Divers Compleat Tomes)

“Sometimes I feel a strange exhilaration up here which seems to come from something beyond the mere stimulus of flying. It is a feeling of belonging to the sky, of owning and being owned - if only for a moment - by the air I breathe. It is akin to the well known claim of the swallow: each bird staking out his personal bug-strewn slice of heaven, his inviolate property of the blue.”