Cloud Cuckooland

by Harald Penrose

Cloud Cuckookand is a volume of delightful reminiscences. This book highlights Harald Penrose's love of light aviation by conjuring up graphic images of a golden age of private flying in the UK. The book comprises a series of charming and often funny stories involving a variety of types. If you have never read this little classic about the joys of flying, you have a treat in store. Even if you have read it before, I think that you will enjoy rereading it, as I did.

Unknown Binding

About the author

Harald Penrose, O.B.E, CEng, F.R.Ae.S, A.M.I.N.A. was the chief test pilot at Westland Aircraft Ltd between 1931 and 1953, a naval architect, and an aviation author. His flying experience ranged from man carrying kites before the First World War to early jet fighters and helicopters. He designed, built and flew his own glider in the 1930s, designed 36 boats and yachts, and wrote many books describing his flying career and the history of British aviation.

Reviews

[Patsy Marchant · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. I tried, but I couldn’t. Different chapters, different people, different places, different times. I need a thread, and couldn’t find one after reading a third of the book, and decided it wasn’t for me.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book on literature and books. It cuts across time. It follows a manuscript through that time. I will gladly read this again because it’s on my book club list. A fascinating piece of literature.

[Mom · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange and fanciful. A precious manuscript contains segments of a mythic story about a shepherd who wants to fly to a perfect land. The manuscript is found by a lost but resourceful orphan fleeing what I though might be the Ottoman/Byxantine wars about which I know nothing.

[Alea Greene]

this was a dumb book, and I'm furious that it wasn't the one I wanted to read