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Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Northern Rhodesian-born British-South African novelist specializing in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries.
A Falcon Flies is a novel by Wilbur Smith. It was the first in a series of books known as The Ballantyne Novels. [1] The Rhodesian Bush War of the 1970s inspired Smith to research and write a book set in historical Rhodesia. He originally planned it as one novel but it ended up as a trilogy. [2]
The Ballantyne Novels 'original' series are four novels published between 1980 and 1984 by Wilbur Smith. They chronicle the lives of the Ballantyne family, from the 1860s to the 1980s against a background of the history of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Sylvester Stallone bought the rights to The Leopard Hunts in Darkness, but the film itself wasn't ...
The flight paths were all essentially straight; turns were not attempted. Each flight ended in a bumpy and unintended "landing" on the undercarriage skids or runners, as the craft did not have wheels. The last flight, by Wilbur, was 852 feet (260 m) in 59 seconds, much longer than each of the three previous flights of 120, 175 and 200 feet.
Pages in category "Novels by Wilbur Smith" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... A Falcon Flies; G. Gold Mine (novel) Golden Fox (novel)
Wilbur 19 Aug 1871 30 Jan 1948 and 16 Apr 1867 30 May 1912 United States Science Design Construction Manufacture Aviator Support Glider Propeller: Together, designed and constructed biplane kite (1899); invented wing warping for flight control (c. 1899) and the aeronautical concept of three-axis control.
Smith’s father had owned a Tiger Moth during the period when the family was cattle ranching. Smith followed in his footsteps gaining a private pilot’s license in the mid -to-late 1960s, which allowed him to fly himself all over Africa. However after a bad flying experience he gave up personally piloting himself in 1974. [2]
Wilbur and Orville were the 3rd great nephews of John Gano, the Revolutionary War Brigade Chaplain, who allegedly baptized President George Washington. [21] Through John Gano they were 5th cousins 1 time removed of billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes. [22] Wilbur was born near Millville, Indiana, in 1867; Orville in Dayton, Ohio, in 1871. [23]