From Wax Wings to Flying Drones: A Very Unreliable History of Aviation

Was Keith Harris's Orville really named after the first-ever flyer?

What exactly is a 'Spitfire'?

Why did Richard Branson try to cross the Atlantic in a balloon when he owned an airline?

These are the questions that fail to keep proper aeronautical historians awake - but no matter, From Wax Wings to Flying Drones is here to answer them. Chock-full of important stuff like planes, pilots and pioneers such as the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and that man off the telly who used to fly on Con...