*Adventures with amazing flying machines!* **SPECIAL MISSION** It's the First World War and Biggles is just 17. The planes are primitive; combat tactics are non-existent; the only form of communication for pilots and their gunners is by hand signals. They are reliant on the skill of their fellow c
The dragon learns to fly
- Book ID
- 109927381
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 64 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1078-8956
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Adventures with amazing flying machines! SPECIAL MISSION It's the First World War and Biggles is just 17. The planes are primitive; combat tactics are non-existent; the only form of communication for pilots and their gunners is by hand signals. They are reliant on the skill of their fellow crew, the
In the hostile skies over World War I France, young airmen die in their thousands in their flimsy craft. The 17-year-old Biggles is sent to tackle the enemy.
He tilted the machine on to its side, holding up his nose with the throttle, and commenced to slip wing-tip first towards the ground. Whether he was over British or German territory he neither knew nor cared; he had to get on to the ground or be burnt alive.This is the story of the very beginning --