Na RWD 5 przez Atlantyk by Skarzynski, Kapitan-Pilot Stanislaw - 1934
by Skarzynski, Kapitan-Pilot Stanislaw
Na RWD 5 przez Atlantyk
by Skarzynski, Kapitan-Pilot Stanislaw
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- Hardcover
Warszawa, Poland: Wydawnictwo Aeroklubu R. P. Nakladem Lucjana Zlotnickiego.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1934. Hardcover. 8vo - 23.5 x 17 cm.; 182 pp The text is in Polish. Skarzynski (1899-1942) was a Polish Air Force pilot who made a transatlantic solo flight in 1933 from Senegal to Brazil in a RWD-5bis (SP-AJU), a single-seater Polish tourist plane. It is still the smallest plane to have crossed the Atlantic. He was died in 1942 when his plane, a Wellington in the 305 Polish Bomber Squadron, crashed into the North Sea. Tipped-in photos, fold-out map, marbled endpapers. Some stains on boards, text block edges, and a bit on the Contents page, former owner's name on half-title page, slightly cocked; otherwise, the binding is sturdy and text pages clean. A clear and removable archival cover has been fitted. .
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- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Wydawnictwo Aeroklubu R. P. Nakladem Lucjana Zlotnickiego.
- Place of Publication Warszawa, Poland
- Date Published 1934
- Keywords Poland; Polish; History; Aviation;, Aircraft; Airplanes; Pilots; Atlantic Ocean;, Africa;