Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-07-06 | Page 11 | Aviation Books Continue to Keep Step with Public Interest

Aviation B Books Books' Continue to Keep Step With Public Interest I General Mitchell Contributes Latest Flying History History- Recorded Record q By R R. D. D DHale Hale As long as aviation and its heroes I hold to the front page books on the tho subject both those that hat are I technical and those thos-e that deal with personalities will wUl descend upon book markets Three recent ones have havo reached the reviewer that are typical each being written for a specific purpose The latest is General William Mitchells Mitchell's work Skyways was a Book on Modern Aeronautics published by General Mitchell I has combined a technical but readily readily read read- ily fly understood discussion on air aircraft aircraft air air- craft and flying lyIng with some comme comment tl on on commercial and military avIation aviation aviation avia avIa- tion in tho the United States Tho The technical discussions must be accepted ac accepted ac aa as authentic for tor the stormy general has haa been around enough to know about every phase of ot his business There may bo be exceptions to 2 some ome of ot his statements on 11 flying ing in gen gen- eral cral He lIe visualizes s as us a do o all all' aviation aviation avia la tion writers more and more expansion I slon sion in the Industry He berates berated tho the United States State somewhat for tor its aviation policies notably in regard to passenger travel and und offers s some me interesting Ung c comparisons with EUrop European European Euro EUro- p an air travel tra considered the m most l. l I modern Fortunately however the general doesn't get off on his favorite sub sub- pe t and the one that led to h his s deposition in effect from tho the army air that servIce service that of combining the army army and and 1 d navy y na air corps Ho lie mentions mentions mentions men men- it briefly but on the whole his comments on military military- aviation aro are wane sane ne ad and are the tho result of ot his experience commanding Americas America's air forces of ot the World war John Goldstrom- Goldstrom has bas written a book that book that l neither technical nor editorial in InA A Narrative Hl History tory of Aviation re ent MacU I cation l I pure hat the proclaims a history dealing with the early development of 0 aviation dwelling especially lly upon Its Us heroes The glamorous side is presented to its fullest extent and unlike General General General Gen Gen- eral Mitchells Mitchell's bo book k It has has- nothing to offer in suggestions for tor tho the future Those who are interested in the h heroes roes of wartime flying will wili 1 glory glor in a couple of 0 chapters dedicated to tho the aces of the allies ales who ho traced their fame tame with wIt flaming bullets bulet over battlefields I In the pages page of ot Aces of ot tho the Air Joseph Lewis Lwi French lench has penned stories to thrill the heart and stir str the he blood of ot every boy boy boy- and all aU true experiences many of them narrated by th the actual i pants pant I The Th childhood of aviation is passed its Is ago ngo of adolescence is at h hand nd and making history events event follow one another so rapidly that tho the average person 1 is una unable le to grasp their significance and influence ence enco on th the industrial social ln and transportation life le of ot the world I It is a fact fact most bo boys are more moro conversant than tha their parents with aviation progress and it is to this class of ot growing ln g enthusiasts enthusIast that this book is dedicated They will wJ welcome mo it I with wih delight and and read red it with that wit that Interest only youth can know and in doln doing so no will wU ab absorb absorb ab- ab and retain an n important knowledge of ot a aviation progress and development t as ns authentically ly re recorded recorded re- re corded cored up to the beginning of ot the present ent year Lindbergh Byrd Wellman flick flick- Chamberlin Floyd Flod Bennet Bennett Ben Ben- net nett and other heroes from aviation's avia avia- Lions tion's tons ton's school of fame 1 Illuminate the tho pages of ot this tills book bk with wih stories of their history making achievements ment inc Spring Springfield Mn Mass