Harald Penrose.

Hi all
I’ve just started on what might be my biggest reading challenge yet.
I’ve started volume one (The Pioneer Years) of Harald Penrose’s massive history of British aviation in five volumes.
My plan is to work through all five volumes by the end of the year.
Has anyone here attempted this previously and if they did, how did they find it?
My initial impression is that Mr Penrose might be a bit nationalistic, after all he came from an era when that attitude was quite commonplace, but as usual I could be wrong.

Along the way I might drop an odd line here about what I’ve found.

I’ve also been dipping into the 100 years of flight series published by Putnams in more recent times and it’ll be interesting to compare the two.
Sadly I think with the way the Putnams brand has ‘been on the ropes’ in recent years and the way the 100 years of flight series was instantly remaindered it’ll be unlikely that the whole set will ever be published—very sad.
Get them at twelve quid a volume while you can.
Cheers
Andy