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A Dictionary of Aviation Wragg David W.Osprey Reading, 1973. 206pp. Illustrated. £4.45 (in UK only).

The Aviation Department of J . Samuel White & Co Ltd. ship-builders of Cowes on the Isle of Wight, was founded in January 1913 and closed in 1919. Between those dates, they built 110 machines designed by their own staff headed by Howard T. Wright, varying from the Twin Seaplane of 85 ft span to the Quadruplane of 19 ft span, as well as 106 Short 184 floatplanes and the monstrous A.D.1 designed by the Admiralty Air Dept under Harris Booth. Nowadays, all have been forgotten except by the most determined aviation enthusiasts and the few surviving RNAS pilots who flew them, mainly on anti-submarine patrols. Nevertheless, Mr. Goodall has produced a very complete account of the company and its products, compiled largely from contemporary records in the Public Records Office, which is a veritable model of what such a book should be. It is copiously illustrated with photographs culled from a wide variety of sources, and with excellent three-view drawings which have sometimes suffered slightly in the reproduction. Technical specifications are given for every type, and individual histories for every aircraft. As bonuses, there are accounts of the earlier machines designed by Howard Wright, potted histories of William Beardmore & Co and Portholme Aerodrome Ltd who built Wight 840's under licence, and Appendices on the aerodynamics and armament of the Wight machines. To be truthful, the Wight machines were not very distinguished: perhaps typical is the story told by Eric Gordon England of the delivery flight of a Type A.ll to the Isle of Grain in October 1915. After a long tiring flight plagued by engine trouble, they arrived to the Base Commander's greeting: "Why have you brought that damn thing here? We shall burn it tomorrow!" And they did! It is to be hoped that in spite of its price, this book will sell enough to justify the author's industry and the publisher's enterprise; and that Mr. Goodall will be encouraged to turn his attention to some of the other forgotten manufacturers.