History & Other
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
RUMBOLD, Richard & STEWART, Lady Margaret
The Winged Life
A Portrait of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Poet and Airman
RUSSELL, Sir Archibald
A Span of Wings
Memoirs of a working life in aircraft design encompassing a span from biplanes to Concorde - Bristol fashion
SCHIELDROP, Edgar B.
The Air
Conquest of Space and Time
History of flight first published in 1940. Many aspects of flight between the wars are covered with fine period photographs. One of a series of four volumes, the others covering Railways, High Seas and Highways.