TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa by A. Cobham 1930

TWENTY THOUSAND MILES IN A FLYING-BOAT: My Flight Round Africa

by Sir Alan Cobham K.B.E.
foreword by Sir Charles Wakefield.

DESCRIPTION
Format: medium cloth board hardcover
Published: George G. Harrap & Co. 1930, reprinted 1932
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 40 d
Pages: 249
SKU: A4/2508/0397/U464

ABOUT
Sir Alan Cobham's account of his flight round Africa in 1929 in a flying-boat.

Air-route development in Africa was a direct result of Sir Alan Cobham's 1929 flight that began in France and crossing the Mediterranean, the route was via Malta, Egypt, East Africa through Kenya and Nyasaland, from Beira to Lagos, across to the Ivory Coast, from Freetown to Cape Bojador and through the Canaries, essentially navigating most of the coast of Africa. Lady Cobham accompanied her husband throughout the long journey, in so doing establishing a record for air travel by a woman. This Sir Alan Cobham's first-hand account of his journey.

Includes monochrome images, and fold-out map on rear end paper.

CONDITION
**No dust jacket - first image for illustrative purposes only.**
Immaculate for age with only wear on covers, name on end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. Images depict all need to know detail.

REMARKS
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