Biggles Learns To Fly - Captain W. E. Johns

Unknown, W. E. Johns

Category: Adventure

Tags: Adventure

Only 17, having lied about his age, young James Bigglesworth (Biggles to his friends) joins the Royal Flying Corp right out of school and with only a few hours of training under his belt, hes off to France to fight the Germans., He is described as physcially small, with delicate, almost feminine hands, so its lucky for him he didnt wind up in the trenches. The RFC finds an unlikely hero in young Biggles, his aptitude surprises his superiors and he outlives the majority of RFC cadets., This book was published later, W.E. Johns looking back into Biggles past, and the story is a fantastic blue-print for the man Biggles grows to be., This is the realization of a dream for children of all ages, defying authority to fight for your King and Country and it has a wide appeal to both young and old alike. Biggles is the embodiment of several key values, such as loyalty, duty, hard-work, and putting the needs of the team above his own. But at the same time, hes not without flaws yet we love him fo