A time to fly: A Review of the Memoirs of SIR ALAN COBHAM

Abstract

The Duke of Edinburgh in his preface to this book says “Alan Cobham … took part in the most radical and far‐reaching engineering revolution that the world has ever seen …” and if that is the only reason for bringing it to the attention of the readers of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, it is a good and valid reason for doing so. But it is more than that: this is a book that must take its place in aviation history. Although I actually witnessed Alan Cobham's touchdown on the Thames in 1926 and was very much aware of his activities with the National Aviation Day Campaign from 1931 to 1935, I was not aware how he so greatly influenced the growth of civil aviation and it was not until I read some opinions from Sir Robert Hardingham, to whom I wrote asking for his commentary on the book and Sir Alan, that I appreciated his attitude towards work especially, and that he had such a meteoric career.

Citation

(1978), "A time to fly: A Review of the Memoirs of SIR ALAN COBHAM", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 50 No. 11, pp. 25-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb035498