{"product_id":"from-the-royal-flying-corps-vanessa-ascough-9781036147518","title":"From the Royal Flying Corps to the Race to Circumnavigate the Globe: The Adventures of Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart-MacLaren","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearless aviation pioneer pursues unprecedented global flight amid peril and curiosity, revealing enduring courage, ambition, and nation-bending achievement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquadron Leader Archibald Stuart-MacLaren OBE MC DFC AFC fell in love with flying when the very possibility of it seemed miraculous. It was a new frontier, exhilarating beyond comparison, and fraught with danger: everything a young man of Stuart-MacLaren's disposition could wish for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1914, serving with distinction as a bomber pilot in the Middle East, and was among the first to be commissioned into the Royal Air Force in 1918. With long-distance multi-stage flights to Egypt and India already under his belt, the decision in 1924 to attempt the first flight around the world was in some ways a natural progression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis biography, written by his granddaughter, is the subject of many years' research: a reach across time to discover the man she never met but grew up hearing so much about. It is a story of indomitable courage and adventure set in a post-war era, when almost any degree of risk was considered acceptable in the pursuit of greatness. Like the mountaineer George Mallory who died climbing Everest that same year, Stuart-MacLaren was a man driven by a need to accomplish something never done before, something unique, and thereby give his healing nation a triumph worth celebrating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Ascough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1036147517\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036147518\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fonthill Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Vanessa Ascough","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097271017727,"sku":"9781036147518","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-royal-flying-corps-vanessa-ascough-9781036147518","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}