From Wax Wings to Flying Drones

Was Keith Harris's Orville really named after the first-ever flyer?What exactly is a 'Spitfire'?Why did Richard Branson try to cross the Atlantic in a balloon when he owned an airline?These are the questions that fail to keep properaeronautical historians awake but no matter, From Wax Wings to Flying Dronesis here to answer them. Chock-full of important stuff like planes, pilots andpioneers such as the Wright brothers, Amelia Earhart and that man off the tellywho used to fly on Concorde, this is a book for everyone who's ever watched aplane in the sky and thought, 'I wonder what its registration is?'