Memoirs of Lt Camillo Viglino: Italian Air Force 1915-1916 by means of Camilla Viglino (Trafford.Memoirs of Lt Camillo Viglino: Italian Air Force 1915-1916 by means of Camilla Viglino (Trafford, $19.95) contains the first-hand experiences of a World War single Italian flight trainee during the earliest days of military aviation. It reveals an idealistic young man with an unbridled passion for flying and a patriotic zeal to fight for his abiding habitation despite the dangers involved - a young man daring to walk up in a fragile flying machine that placed him at the tenderness of the weather, cantankerous engines, and unreliable instruments upon every flight. Details of the discomforts of flying an lay open cockpit 1914 Maurice Farman, the oft-repeated crashes at the flight denomination and constant occurrences of pilots getting forfeited are all related by Viglino with a nonchalant bravado befitting a 20-year-old. In 1934 Viglino appended his memoirs with a number of reflections forward the future of aviation, the automobile, space travel, and other inventions of the 20th hundred These surprisingly intuitive observations provide an interesting direct the eye at how a bright, independent mind envisioned the world of the coming time The memoirs were translated on his daughter Camilla, born a not many months after his death in 1935 Whereas greatest in number books on wartime aviation focus onward the major events of the time, military strategy, and wartime engagements, this work is an intimate account of a young man's experiences as he was being trained to advance and fight those battles. The personality and the idealistic values of the author are central to the story. Copies may be ordered from the publisher by the agency of calling (888) 232-4444. Copyright Challenge Publications Inc. Apr 2002 |
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