Biggles Learns to Fly

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Author: Johns, Captain W. E. Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 17 October 2024 by Canelo (Canelo Adventure) in the United Kingdom as part of the Biggles WW1 Adventures serie s.Hardback | 224 pages136 x 205 x 21 | 276g Biggles takes the controls for the first time!Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-old Biggles receives before gaining his ‘wings’ and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France.Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new plane, but is completely inexperienced in aerial combat. He must rely on the more knowledgeable men in his Flight if he is to survive the German attacks.But it isn’t long before he finds himself in the gun sights of von Richthofen, the dreaded Red Baron himself… Does Biggles have what it takes to be a real fighter pilot?Get ready for all the thrills and spills of Biggles’ origin story as he gets his first taste of combat. Show more