Frater Alexander:
The Balloon Factory
The Story Of The Men Who Built Britain's First Flying Machines
Pan Macmillan (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 243 pages
Size: 234x153 mm
ISBN: 9780330433105
ISBN-10: 0330433105
List price: £16.99
You save: 30%
The Balloon Factory
A book about a small, largely forgotten group of young men who, early in the twentieth century, competed to build and fly Britain's first aeroplane. It features the Balloon Factory, a cathedral-sized shed overlooking Farnborough Common, and its most celebrated occupant, the remarkable Sam Cody.

