War Flying by a Pilot: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

War Flying by a Pilot, credited to Lessel Finer Hutcheon, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of War Flying by a Pilot by Lessel Finer Hutcheon. Read in English by Lynette Caulkins; KevinS; John; Thomas Rose; John Cairns Published in 1917, this "little volume of 'Theta’s' letters to his home people" was assembled to provide useful information for young men who might like to become pilots for the Royal Flying Corps. A mixture of conversational letters, poems, and descriptions of flying, the book proves entertaining, even today, despite having been written in training and in active duty during World War I. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

Recording facts

• Recording title: War Flying by a Pilot
• Author credits: Lessel Finer Hutcheon
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 2:22:57

Catalogue topics

• World War I
• soldiers
• epistolary
• flying
• wartime
• royal flying corps
• the royal flying corps
• pilots

Track guide

1. 01 - The Development of an Idea - Preface, Opening Poem, and Introductory Section — 15:19
2. 02 - Book I - In Training (Oct - Apr) - Chapter I, From Theory to Practice - part 1 — 6:41
3. 03 - Book I - In Training - Chapter I, part 2 — 4:36
4. 04 - Book I - In Training - Chapter I, part 3 — 5:03
5. 05 - Book I - In Training - Chapter I, part 4 — 4:13
6. 06 - Book I - In Training - Chapter II and Chapter III — 12:40
7. 07 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter I, The Opening Movements - Part 1 — 6:13
8. 08 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter 1, part 2 — 5:13
9. 09 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter 1, part 3 — 6:31
10. 10 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, Increasing the Pace, part 1 — 5:37
11. 11 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, part 2 — 5:49
12. 12 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, part 3 — 6:50
13. 13 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, part 4 — 6:56
14. 14 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, part 5 — 6:28
15. 15 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter II, part 6 — 6:52
16. 16 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III - Storm after Calm, part 1 — 5:28
17. 17 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III, part 2 — 7:24
18. 18 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III, part 3 — 6:40
19. 19 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III, part 4 — 8:23
20. 20 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III, part 5 — 6:21
21. 21 - Book II - On Active Service - Chapter III, part 6 — 3:40

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