History & Other
ROSEN, George
Thrusting Forward
A History of the Propeller
Joint publication by Hamilton Standard and British Aerospace, to commemorate the association of the companies from 1934. Illustrated throughout the book relates the history of the propeller.
ROWE, Basil L.
Under My Wings
Autobiography of Rowe who started flying before WWI, flew in his own troupe of barnstormers and formed his own airline in 1927. In 1928 the airline was taken over by Pan Am, starting his long association with that airline.
ROWE, Percy
The Great Atlantic Air Race
The race to claim the 1913 £10,000 Lord Northcliff prize for the first Atlantic air crossing, achieved by Alcock and Brown in 1919. Supported with photographs the story covers Santos-Dumont, the Wright Brothers, Sopwith, Bleriot, Hawker and Read.
Royal Aeronautical Society
A List of the Books, Periodicals and Pamphlets in the Library
