Book Description
A glider pilot bold was he A maiden unsuspecting she He landed one day near her home Demanding tea and telephone
Her dainty heart had missed a beat Steep turns at five and twenty feet The field was very very small The trees were very very tall ...
Walter Kahn's love affair with gliding started in 1945 and his book tells many amusing stories about the people he has met over the past fifty-odd years. Tales of those men and women in their flying machines, the songs they love to sing and events leading to the glider movement as it is in this country today are faithfully recorded, supplemented by a list of gliding books published in the United Kingdom.
A very active glider and power pilot, he competed in national and international gliding contests, broke numerous gliding records and taught very many men and women to glide.
For a number of years he was a Committee member of the Surrey Gliding Club and the Lasham Gliding Society. He was also a Council member of the British Gliding Association, chairing two committees, a committee member of the Royal Aero Club and represented the BGA on the CCPR Council. He holds the International Diamond C gliding certificate.
He was awarded life membership of the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association and the Royal Aero Club Silver Medal.
Sailplane & Gliding - ".. an entertaining book to read.. I was sorry when I found I had reached the end". Rising Air - "This is a cracking good read." Flyer Magazine - "Well worth a read". Air Pictorial - ".. fizzes with anecdotes.." VGC News - ".. this excellent book is recommended to all glider pilots." Motorgliding International - ".. This is a lively, happy book.." London Gliding Club Newsletter - ".. This book is a must for every glider pilot.." Australian Gliding - ".. colourful, ebullient, energetic, generous and determined" Pilot Magazine - ".. it is, of course, an entertaining book to read..". Popular Flying (PFA) - ".. this readable book covering more than 50 years of gliding" 1-26 Newsletter and Soaring (USA) - ".. the funniest book about the sport of gliding.." Canadian Free Flight - ".. should you buy this book? ..if you enjoy a well written book associated with gliding that will prove an interesting read YES!"