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From the Stage to the Stars: Robert Loraine Actor and Pioneer Aviator

From the Stage to the Stars: Robert Loraine Actor and Pioneer Aviator

Clutton-Brock, Oliver

Paperback

Military Biographies

ISBN10: 1915335450
ISBN13: 9781915335456
Publisher: Aviation Books Ltd.
Published: Jan 24 2025
Pages: 422
Weight: 1.83
Height: 0.86 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Robert Bilcliffe Loraine was born in 1876 to parents who were travelling actors. Robert followed in their footsteps and, by the turn of the century and up to the start of the First World War, had become a renowned actor in his own right in London's West End theatres.
Introduced to the thrill of flight by his good friend, the playwright George Bernard Shaw, Loraine achieved considerable fame as a pioneer aviator. He came agonisingly close to completing the first aeroplane crossing of the Irish Sea, coined the term 'joystick', and made the first wireless transmission from an aeroplane in Britain.

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