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By lex, on February 1st, 2011

Courtesy of occasional reader Tailspin Tom, “The Struggle in the Air” on archive.org.

It’s a World War I digital page turner.

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February 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , | Category: Books, Flying

5 comments to Light Reading

  • Justthisguy
    February 1, 2011 at 5:18 pm

    Yup From what I could read of those tiny little indistinct letters, that seems more soothing to read than what we usually have here, the WWI stuff having already happened long ago, and there is nothing we can do about it.

    There is prolly nothing we can do about what we read here, either…

  • Tailspin
    February 1, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    Ah, but thanks to modern technology you can use the magnifying glass in the bottom corner, make tiny squiggles larger for squinty old eyes, the better to read:

    Flying is essentially a profession for the younger generation. The strain is too great for men of more mature years. To withstand such strain requires all the vigour, the wrecklessness, the iron nerve of youth. It is a profession that offers an irresistible appeal to the healthy-minded, sport-loving youth of Great Britain, to whom adventure is the nectar of existence.

    They had a certain way with words back then and over the there, over there….

  • G-man
    February 2, 2011 at 5:24 am

    Frank Buckles, the last surviving US Doughboy, just turned 110. Was an ambulance driver. Enlisted in 1917. The change he has seen.

  • virgil xenophon
    February 2, 2011 at 5:50 am

    For my money, the best all-round historical work about WWI flying is still Quentin Reynold’s “They Fought for the Sky.” (Hardcover-1958) Lot’s of good pics as well..
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