Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-06-03 | Page 3 | Aviation Book Prefaced by Orville Wright

Aviation Book Prefaced By Orville Wright Orville Wright dean of American aviation read the page proofs of A. A M. M Jacobs' Jacobs book on aviators and aviation Knights of ot the Wing and volunteered a preface from his own pen as a testimonial of ot his re regard regard regard re- re gard for the task which the author has accomplished In this book Too often authors of ot popular writings on aeronautics have h had d but little intimate contact with the subject As a result the technical phases of ot the subject often have been sadly misrepresented Miss 1 Jacobs the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of Knights of ot of the Wing has for ten years years been connected with McCook and Wright government government govern govern- ment aviation fields She has lived lI in an atmosphere of aviation with a rare opportunity of ot gaining knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge not only of ot the aeroplane and the instruments used on it but also of at their manner of operation and their uses In flight Knights of ot the Wing was written written written writ writ- ten especially for younger readers and contains Intimate stories of at Lindbergh Maitland Hegenberger and other heroes of ot aviation It was published recently by the Century company