Wind in the Wires - A Golden Era of Flight 1909-1939 by Vines, Mike

Motorbooks Intl, Osceola, WI, 1995 US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, 9 x 11, glossy page stock, 128 pages, all full color photos.-----------------Wind in the Wires is a joumey in photographs from the pioneering years of aviation beginning in 1909 when Blêriot flew the Channel, through the hectic development of fighting aircraft for World War I, taking the story up to the outbreak of World War II.The aircraft covered come from the period which saw speeds go from a stuttering 40mph to 400 mph and must be regarded as a time which saw one of thegreatest technology leaps in modem history.The majority of pictures were taken over a recent summer and autumn season at the three major historic aircraft collections. These are Old Rhinebeck, New York, USA, the Salis Collection in France and the Shuttleworth Collection in the UK. All of these museums regularly fly their aircraft and this is the first book which brings their exhibits together.Wind in the Wires is a fittingtribute to the early trail-blazing and record-breaking aircraft or their replicas which are still flying today.