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Makers of Air History


Makers of Air History was a series of one-page articles which appeared throughout Wonders of World Aviation. Here is a complete list of the articles, with links to the relevant issues.


  1. The First English Aeronaut (James Sadler)
  2. The Father of British Aeronautics (Sir George Cayley)
  3. The First British Pilot (J. T. C. Moore-Brabazon)
  4. The Designer of the Avro (Sir Alliott Verdon Roe)
  5. Geoffrey de Havilland
  6. Romance of the Wright Brothers
  7. Originator of Light Aircraft (Alberto Santos-Dumont)
  8. The Hon. C. S. Rolls
  9. First Aviator to Fly the Channel (Louis Bleriot)
  10. Showman Who Turned Aviator (Samuel Franklin Cody)
  11. First Man to Study Gliding (Otto Lilienthal)
  12. James Allan Mollison
  13. An Australian National Hero (Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith)
  14. Holland’s Famous Designer-Pilot (Anthony Fokker)
  15. Ferdinand, Count von Zeppelin
  16. The Inventor of the Box-Kite (Lawrence Hargrave)
  17. A Leader of British Aviation (Claude Graeme-White)
  18. A Spectacular Record Breaker (Harry Hawker)
  19. Hinkler - The Brilliant Navigator
The Designer of the Avro