The Fight for the Skies: The Early Days of Flight: 1909-1933

The riveting story of the birth of British aviation, spanning daredevil Edwardians hopping across the English Channel to the creation of lethal new military tools used during World War I.

The first ten years of British aviation are astounding. They are bookended by Louis Blériot crossing the Channel in 1909 and Alcock and Brown’s journey across the Atlantic a decade later. Between those two globally celebrated events sits the grim battle for air supremacy over Flanders that drove the innovat...