The following list of books is just part of the collection
that Wally Kahn intends to bequeath to the British
gliding movement. Books on gliding published
in the UK form the core of this collection, although
he also has material not listed below. He is sure
there that there must be more UK-published out there.
and would welcome help with making the collection
as comprehensive as possible. If you know of
(or even better, can make available) these or any
other relevant books, booklets, leaflets or pamphlets
published in the UK, please contact Wally via the
Lasham office.
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Ashwell-Cooke J
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Motorless flight
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1932
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J. Hamilton
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Bird M
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Platypus Papers
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2000
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Platypus
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Blanchard P
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Elementary Gliding
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1955
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Thermal Equipment
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Bradbury T
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Meteorology and flight
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1991
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A & C Black
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Brunt D
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Meteorology
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1928
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Oxford Uni Press
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Champion P
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Glider pilot
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1974
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Model
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Coates A
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Jane's world sailplanes
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1978
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Jane
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Collins G
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Sails in the sky
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1988
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G..Collins
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Corbusier L
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Aircraft (reprint of 1935 edition)
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1987
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Trefoil Publications
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Cumming
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The powerless ones
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1966
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Fred Muller
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Deane-Drummond A.J
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Arrows of Fortune
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1992
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Leo Cooper
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Delafield J
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Gliding competitively
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1982
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A & C Black
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Douglas A (Welch)
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Cloud reading for pilots
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1943
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John Murray
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Douglas A (Welch)
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Gliding and advanced soaring
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1947
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John Murray
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Edmonds A (Welch)
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Silent flight
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1939
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Country Life
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Ellison N
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British gliders and sailplanes 1922/70
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1971
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A & C Black
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Fairlie G & Cayley E
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The Life of a genius - Cayley
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1965
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Hodder & Stoughton
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Fox Geen
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The ABC of gliding
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1952
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Geo. Allen & Unwin
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Gotch W
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Playground in the sky
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1955
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Hutchinson
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Gibbs-Smith C
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Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics
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1962
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HMO Science Museum
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Hammond G
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Into the blue (a novel)
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2000
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Severn House
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Hardy
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Gliders and Sailplanes of the world
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1982
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Ian Allen
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Henshaw A
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Sky Riders (3 pages gliding)
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1939
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Collins
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Hirth W
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The Art of Soaring Flight
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1938
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**
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Horsley T
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Soaring Flight
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1944
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Eyre & Spottiswoode
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Horsley T
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The long flight
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1947
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Country Life Ltd
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Horsley T (String-bag)
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Gliding & Power flying
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1947
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Cumberlege
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Howard-Flanders & Carr
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Gliding and motorless flight
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1930
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Isaac Pitman
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Hul E
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Take up slack
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2000
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Woodfield
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Ince D
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Combat and Competition
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1992
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Newton
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Irving F
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The paths of soaring flight
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1998
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Imperial College Press
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Jackson & Ghose T
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Tiger in the Sky
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1997
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Pat Jackson
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Jarrett P
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Another Icarus - Percy Pilcher
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1987
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Smithsonian Press **
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Kahn W
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A Glider Pilot bold
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1998
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Jardine Publishing
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Kronfeld R
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Gliding and Soaring
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1932
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John Hamilton
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Kukuski J
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Theory & technique of Soaring
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1952
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Pitman, London
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Latimer Needham C
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Gliding and Soaring
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1935
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Philip Allen
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Latimer Needham C
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Sailplanes
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1937
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Chapman & Hall
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Leeming J
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Airdays
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1937
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Harrap
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Lillenthal Otto
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Birdflight as the basis of aviation
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1911
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Longsmans, Green
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Lomax J
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Hanna Reitsch
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1988
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John Murray
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Longland S
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Gliding, from passenger to pilot
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2001
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Crowood
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Longland S
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Gliding
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2002
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A & C Black
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Ludlam & Scorer
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Cloud Study - a pictorial guide
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1960
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Murray
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Ludlam & Scorer
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Further Outlook
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1954
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Wingate
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Mallinson P & Woollard M
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Handbook of glider aerobatics
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1999
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Airlife
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McCullagh J
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Bronze and beyond
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2004
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McCullagh
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Meagher M
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Chicken livered granny
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1985
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Ava Books
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Millett D
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Whispering Wings
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1994
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Newton
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Millett D
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Teaching Harry to fly
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1994
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Hartley Publishers
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Merseyside Aviation
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Brit. Gliders 1970 1st Edition
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1970
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Merseyside Av Soc
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Merseyside Aviation
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Brit. Gliders 1975 2nd Edition
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1975
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Merseyside Av Soc
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Merseyside Aviation
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Brit. Gliders 1980 3rd Edition
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1980
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Merseyside Av Soc
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Mole E
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Happy landings
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1984
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Airlife
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Moran P
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A speck in the sky
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1987
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Blandford Press
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Morgan A
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Gliding in eight days
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1990
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Osprey
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Morgan A
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Airborne for pleasure
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1975
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David & Charles
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Park A
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Club Flying and Gliding
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1964
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Hennel Locke
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Peltzer F
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Maloja wind (a novel)
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1953
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Hammond
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Penrose H
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An ancient air - John Stringfellow
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1988
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AirLife
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Pilcher P & Stringfellow
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Gliding
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1910
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R.Aero Society
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Piggott D
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Gliding, on handbook on soaring Flight
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1958
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Beginning Gliding
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1975
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Delta Papa
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1977
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Understanding gliding
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1977
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Going solo
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1978
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Understanding flying weather
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1988
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Derek Piggott on gliding
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1990
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A & C Black
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Piggott D
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Gliding Safety
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1991
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A & C Black
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Reitsch H
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The sky is my kingdom
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1955
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Bodley Head
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Robinson C
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Q & A for glider pilots
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1990
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Desktop Studio
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Scott P
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The eye of the wind (hardback)
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1961
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Hodder & Stoughton
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Scull W
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Gliding and Soaring
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1977
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Pelham
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Scull W
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Soaring Cross-country
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1987
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Pelham
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Serjeant & Watson
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The gliding book
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1965
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Nicholas Kaye
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Simons M
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Slingsby Sailplanes
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1996
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Airlife
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Simons M
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Sailplanes 1920 - 1945
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2001
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'Eqip' Werbung & Verlag
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Simons M
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Sailplanes 1945 - 1965
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2002
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'Eqip' Werbung & Verlag
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Simons M
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Sailplanes 1965 - 2000
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2004
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'Eqip' Werbung & Verlag**
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Simpson J
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Tackle gliding this way
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1961
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Stanley Paul
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Sitek and Blunt V
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Gliding and Soaring
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1940
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Alliance Press
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Stafford-Allen R
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Theory of flight for glider pilots
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1962
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Oliver & Boyd
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Stamer F and Lippisch
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Gliding and sail-planing
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1930
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Bodley Head
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Stewart K
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The glider pilot's manual
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1994
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Airlife
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Stewart K
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Soaring pilot's manual
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2000
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Airlife
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Wallington W
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Meteorology for glider pilots
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1961
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John Murray
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Weiss J
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Gliding and Soaring flight
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1923
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Sampson Low
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Welch A & L
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Flying Training in gliders
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1961
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BGA
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Welch A & L, Irving F
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The soaring pilot
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1955
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John Murray
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Welch A
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Come gliding with me
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1955
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Fred. Muller
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Welch A & Gabor
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Go gliding
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1960
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Faber
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Welch A
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Glider flying
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1963
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Constable
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Welch A
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John goes gliding
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1964
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Jonathan Cape
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Welch A
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The Woolacombe bird (a novel)
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1964
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World Publishing
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Welch A & L, Irving F
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New soaring pilot
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1970
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John Murray
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Welch A
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Pilot's weather
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1973
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John Murray
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Welch A
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Gliding
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1976
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EP Publishing
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Welch A
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Accidents Happen
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1978
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John Murray
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Welch A
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The complete soaring guide
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1986
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A & C Black
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Welch A
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Know the game
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1994
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BGA
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Welch A
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The story of gliding
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1980
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John Murray
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Welch A
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Happy to fly
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1983
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John Murray
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Wilkinson K,Brooks P
& Shenstone B
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The World Sailplanes
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1958
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OSTIV
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Wilk, Brooks, Shen
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The World Sailplanes Vol II
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1963
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OSTIV
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Wills P
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On being a bird
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1953
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Max Parrish
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Wills P
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Where no birds fly
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1961
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Newnes
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Wills P
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Free as a bird
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1973
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William Clowes
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Wills P and others
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The beauty of gliding
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1960
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Max Parrish
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Wright L
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The wooden sword
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1967
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Elek Books
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Complete sets of 'Sailplane & Glider from 1st issue
in 1930 to the last in 1955; 'Gliding' and 'Sailplane
& Gliding' to the current issue.
