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  1. 06-02-2012 03:03 #1

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    Thumbs up Free Project Gutenberg books!

    I found some aviation books on Project Gutenberg that may be of interest...
    These are going into my iPhone at once.

    Georges Guynemer Knight of the air, 1918
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18117

    Test Pilot, Jimmy Collins, 1935
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34589

    Our Pilots in the Air, Captain William B. Perry, 2003
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6082

    Learning to Fly, Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper, 1916
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27557

    An Aviator's Field Book, Oswald Boelcke, 1917
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30011

    Der rote Kampfflieger, Freiherr von Manfred Richthofen, 1917 - In German!
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24572

    Flying For France: With The American Escadrille At Verdun, James R. McConnell, 1916
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6977

    Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War, Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot, 1915?
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/793

    Night Bombing with the Bedouins, Robert Henry Reece, 1919
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26879

    High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France, James Norman Hall, 1918
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24570

    Air Service Boys Over The Rhine, Charles Amory Beach, 1919
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33834

    Air Service Boys Flying for Victory, Charles Amory Beach, 1919
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25997

    Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines, Charles Amory Beach, 1918
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31312

    Air Service Boys in the Big Battle, Charles Amory Beach, 1919
    http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6458

    Enjoy!

    /Jörgen
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  2. 06-02-2012 06:21 #2

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    Good Find !

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  3. 06-02-2012 13:55 #3

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    Indeed!
    I was looking for at least two of those.
    My sincere thanks.

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  4. 06-02-2012 18:49 #4

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    There are actually quite a few more that I have read (all WWI):

    Aviation in Peace and War by Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes - a little dry

    Flying for France by James R. McConnell - a great read

    Night Bombing with the Bedouins by Robert Henry Reece - another good read

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  5. 06-03-2012 00:28 #5

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    Really good find, mate!

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  6. 06-03-2012 17:13 #6

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    Great find.
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    Great spot Jörgen
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