Biggles Learns To Fly

Stories from early in Biggles' career as a fighter pilot.[Contents vary from edition to edition.]Biggles Learns to Fly includes:- Biggles Learns to Fly! [First Time Up! + Landed But Lost]- Biggles First Flight [The Boat for France + Battle]- Biggles the Scout [Plots and Plans + Late for Dinner]- Spy in the Sky [The Lost Airman + Snow and Bullets] {Not in all editions, also appears in Biggles of 266}- Crashed Flyers! [A Daring Stunt + A Line of Bayonets] (aka A Daring Stunt)- Knights of the Sky (aka The Dawn Patrol)- The Laughing Spy [Biggles' Special Mission + The Decoy] (aka Special Mission)- Biggles' Bulls-Eye [Eyes of the Guns + Neck or Nothing] (aka Eyes of the Guns)- Biggles Buys the Sky[A Perforated Wreck + The Black Crossed Enemy (aka The Camera)- Biggles' Big Battle [Ready for the "Show"! (aka The "Show") + "Share This Amongst You!" (aka Dirty Work)]- Biggles' Surprise Packet19. The Pup's First Flight- Caught Napping [The Pup's First Flight + Caught Napping]- Biggles' Revenge [The Yellow Hun + "I Got Him!"] (aka The Yellow Hun)Note: Dawn Patrol may appear at the end of the book. Biggles is back! And with new retro-style covers he'll be bigger than ever!He tilted the machine on to its side, holding up his nose with the throttle, and commenced to slip wing-tip first towards the ground. Whether he was over British or German territory he neither knew nor cared; he had to get on to the ground or be burnt alive.This is the story of the very beginning – of the Air Service and of Biggles. It's the First World War and Biggles is just 17; the planes are primitive; combat tactics are non-existent; and pilots and their gunners communicate by hand signals and have no contact with the ground. This is where Biggles learns his craft and finds he has a certain aptitude for flying in battle... Adventures With Amazing Flying Machines! Special Mission It's The First World War And Biggles Is Just 17. The Planes Are Primitive; Combat Tactics Are Non-existent; The Only Form Of Communication For Pilots And Their Gunners Is By Hand Signals. They Are Reliant On The Skill Of Their Fellow Crew, Their Wit And, Above All Else, Bravery. In Hostile Enemy Skies, Where Instinct And Fast Reactions Are Everything, Biggles Must Learn To Be A Real Fighter Pilot, Or Die...but Does He Have What It Takes? It's the First World War and Biggles is just 17. The planes are primitive; combat tactics are non-existent; the only form of communication for pilots and their gunners is by hand signals. In hostile enemy skies, where instinct and fast reactions are everything, Biggles must learn to be a real fighter pilot, or die. But does he have what it takes? Fighter pilot James Bigglesworth is sent to fight the enemy in the skies over First World War France