Book Help please….

For the record, the original 1946 Harborough edition is a lovely book on high quality glossy paper, in complete contrast to wartime economy book production. Needless to say, it fetches high prices. I have a 1979 reprint produced in the USA and also a smaller format edition printed by Antony Rowe Ltd of Chippenham, Wilts but undated. Both are facsimiles of the original with the usual loss of photo quality and a poor imitation of the 1946 book. I have a near complete set of ATA-related books (about a dozen) and, in fact wrote a piece on the subject for FlyPast some years ago. The RAF evidently stole the notes from ATA and printed them as “Ferry Pilots’ Notes” because I have an original copy which a wartime pilot gave to me. They came in useful decades later when Martin Keen at Liverpool acquired a Fairchild Argus and had only verbal operating data. I photocopied the appropriate page and he gave me a flight in return!

I’m getting Brief Glory and the Ferry Pilot’s Notes from the Maidenhead Heritage Centre.

thanks for everyone’s help, as always, much appreciated.

Regards,

kev35

The repro Ferry Pilots notes are available from the Elvington gift shop – i picked a set up at Christmas – give them a bell am sure they will post one to you

TTFN

TT

PS. I note they have

Ferry Pilots Notes. The Bible of ATA Pilots

Listed as well!

I got my copy of Brief Glory from here:

http://www.maidenheadheritage.org.uk/shop.htm

Paul

Both the Phelps and the Cheesman books are for sale on Abebooks.co.uk. Worth a look.

Kev…the IWM holds a copy of ‘Brief Glory’, PM me 🙂

(If an easier option for you is not found)

Sorry Kev, just sold the ATA book on e-bay last week! Try http://aeroflt.users.netlink.co.uk/biblio/bookshop.htm for a list of on-line bookshops. 🙁