FLYING MODEL PLANES by Harry McDougall. Over 150 diagrams and drawings. Second impression, 1942. Lutterworth Press. Hardback, blue cloth, 22cm x 14cm, 160pp [5].

In this book, author Harry McDougall gives a clear insight into the fundamental principles on which all models are built and flown, and provides a first-class handbook of detailed instructions. McDougall was a contributor to magazines such as The Aero-Modeller in the early 1940s.

Cover: blue cloth, faded and grubby. Light bumping at corners, some rubbing due to shelfwear. Navy blue lettering to spine; head and base of spine lightly creased, spine strip sunned. Dark spots on both front and rear, see accompanying photographs.

Contents: plain endpapers, lightly soiled. Pages intact, clean. Text bright and unmarked (no annotations, underlining, etc.). Diagrams throughout text are clear and sharp. Useful glossary of terms at rear, preceding adverts of the time. Binding secure.

Proper old-school introduction to model planes!

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