As an example of the unwitting humor of the book, we have only to quote the following: I was shown to my quarters shortly before takeoff.
"A World by the Tale"
Gordon Randall Garrett
This time, however, storm conditions probably made the takeoff impossible.
"The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928"
Robert B. Meyer
Now he made much of trimming ship after takeoff.
"Backlash"
Winston Marks