Flying Ace: The Story of Jack Fairfax is a fictional diary written by Jim Eldridge. It is Eldridge's third book for My Story and twenty-fifth overall in the series. The book was published by Scholastic UK in November 2003 and reissued in January 2014 with new cover art. It was followed by Anne Boleyn and Me by Alison Prince.
Dedication[]
- "To Lynne"
Book description[]
- "June 1916
My plane began to fall out of the sky and I went into reflex action, remembering the many times I'd practised "what to do in the event of engine failure". Only this was not just a failed engine, this was a dead engine. And I was 10,000 feet above the ground in a machine that was suddenly heavier than the air I was flying in. I was fighting a losing battle against gravity. And then an even bigger horror... the German's bullets had cut through my fuel line and I was being sprayed with gasoline. It was every pilot's nightmare, to be trapped in a burning plane..."
When tragedy strikes, he seeks his revenge, before returning home for the last time. But not everyone will be so lucky..."
Plot[]
Epilogue[]
Historical Note[]
Characters[]
- Main article: List of Flying Ace characters
Author[]
- Main article: Jim Eldridge
Editions[]
![Flying Ace Canadian edition 9780439935517 (February 2007)[3]](/wiki/File:Flying-Ace.jpg "Flying-Ace.jpg (24 KB)")
![Flying Ace My Story reprint 9781407136707 (January 2014)[4]](/wiki/File:Flying-Ace2.jpg "Flying-Ace2.jpg (120 KB)")
![Courageous First World War Stories with The Trenches and Standing Alone 9781407147345 (October 2014)[5]](/wiki/File:First-World-War-Stories.jpg "First-World-War-Stories.jpg (118 KB)")
Courageous First World War Stories
with The Trenches and Standing Alone
9781407147345
(October 2014)[5]
with The Trenches and Standing Alone
9781407147345
(October 2014)[5]
Notes[]
- The portrait on the cover of the first edition is a detail from a 1918 photograph depicting officers from the No. 1 Squadron RAF. A larger section of this photo was included at the end of the book.[6][7]
- The cover of the second edition was illustrated by Sam R. Kennedy.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Story-Flying-Jack-Fairfax-Royal-Corps-1915/0439977371/
- ↑ The epilogue is set during November 1918.
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/My-Story-Flying-Fairfax-1915-1918/dp/0439935512/
- ↑ https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/89237
- ↑ https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/products/91340
- ↑ Flying Ace, Jim Eldridge, copyright page
- ↑ https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194705
See also[]
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External links[]
- Flying Ace at Scholastic Canada (archive)