August Euler & His Airplanes 1908 -1920 Volume 2: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: Volume 1 (Great War Aviation)

Düsing, Michael

ISBN 10: 1935881698 / ISBN 13: 9781935881698

Published by Aeronaut Books, 2018

About this Item

234 pages. 11.00x8.50x0.53 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # zk1935881698

Bibliographic Details

• Title: August Euler & His Airplanes 1908 -1920 Volume 2: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: Volume 1 (Great War Aviation)
• Publisher: Aeronaut Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935881698
• ISBN 13: 9781935881698
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.69 kilograms

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Synopsis

August Euler was an important German aviation pioneer; he gained German pilot’s license No.1, designed and built airplanes, was a flight instructor, and created a flight school. After WWI he served as Germany’s Secretary of State for aviation. This is the story of Euler and his aircraft for the first time in English. It is translated and expanded from Abenteuer Gelber Hund by Michael Düssing. The book is published in two volumes totaling 440 pages with 396 photos and 136 drawings and other graphics plus 1/48 scale drawings of six Euler aircraft. Volume 1 has 206 pages, 235 photos, 32 graphics, and scale drawings of 2 aircraft. Volume 2 has 234 pages, 161 photos, and 136 graphics, and scale drawings of 4 aircraft.

About the Author

Michael Düsing was born in Berlin in 1953. He studied aviation in High School in Dresden and was a glider pilot. He further studied aviation at the Military Academy in Moscow. His profession was in the air force and aviation authorities. He published the original German edition of this book, Abenteuer Gelber Hund, in 2008.