The First Fighter Pilot - Roland Garros: The Life and Times of the Playboy Who Invented Air Combat

by Ed Cobleigh

Book Overview

Roland Garros enjoyed an exciting life. An aviation pioneer in the early 1900s, he taught himself how to fly a bamboo airplane despite crashing it at Versailles. He was a world-class athlete, a lawyer who wouldn't learn Latin, a sports car salesman on the Champs-Elys es, an airshow pilot and racer. He demonstrated flight to huge crowds up and down the Americas. Ultimately, Roland Garros became the world's first fighter pilot.

Leaving his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629671568
• ISBN13: 9781629671567
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Check Six Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"