Lighter-Than-Air: The Life and Times of Wing Commander N.F. Usborne Rn, Pioneer of Naval Aviation

by Guy Warner

Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining up and the outbreak of the First World War, he engaged in a huge number of enterprises and endeavors. Praise and respect garnered in accordance with his achievements all helped to establish his reputation in later years as an 'irreplaceable' pioneer and a leading light of early British airship design. His fertile imagination and enterprising spirit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147382902X
• ISBN13: 9781473829022
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Pen and Sword Aviation
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"