MASEFIELD (Sir Peter Gordon, b. 1914, Aeronautical Engineer)

Typed Letter Signed to Mrs Dolphin, thanking her for her letter "about the last flight of the R.101" following his enquiry "in the December issue of Hertfordshire Countryside", especially about "your sight ... on the night of 4th October" which adds "most usefully to the pin-pointing of the track ... It is extraordinary that, after so many years, so much can be established" by such kind help, he explains why airships usually kept to about "1,000 feet or less - which always seemed very low because of their size", 1 side folio, Rosehill, Doods Way, Reigate, 11th January

Sir Peter was Chief Executive of B.E.A., (1949-1956), President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, (1959-1960), and adviser to the Government on Civil Aviation during WW2.

Item Date:  1975

Stock No:  17927      £65

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