![]() You might find that the material simply doesn't exist. If you think Ralph's book is incomplete because it needs more research on engines, then write that book. I started out fully referencing in an academic way (I have a 1st class honours degree in English, I know how to do it) but it was nearly impossible to fit the limit of 64 pages already without adding pages of endnotes. Jokipiismethodofstudyisconvincingthroughoutand,witha fewexceptions,hisconclusionsarewell-founded.Thisstudyaddssignificantlytoourknowledgeoftheseventeenthcenturyandprovidesa fulldescriptionofFinlandsbrieffeudalperiod. One potential source was simply a long way from London and I didn't get to visit before moving to New Zealand made it impossible. ![]() Some sources simply didn't respond, or would not let material be accessed as it wasn't officially declassified. Writing my book on the P.1121, I did not pursue some lines of research because they were (in my opinion) peripheral to the book I wanted to write. ![]() The author uses their judgement on what to include and what to exclude based on what they find interesting and they think the readers will find interesting. Anyone who does research for a book on aviation will find they have to balance many competing demands on their time and usually end up with lots more material than will possibly fit in one book. Over many years I tracked down what I could from a variety of museums, libraries, companies and archives but no doubt there is still more to be found.Įdit: correct book title, you'd think I would remember the name of my own book :Īuthors write books on subjects that interest them and that publishers will release. This is especially true for those aircraft that failed to win races or which were never completed. However, as the racers were all constructed in secret, often hurridly, the amount of technical information documented at the time is not always that great, to the extent that even reliable general arrangement drawings for some are missing. I value my (signed) copy of the Putnam but it was the many questions that it left unanswered that spurred me to research further, produce the drawings for all the aircraft and projects, and then write my book. Derek James' Putnam volume from 1981, republished recently by Fonthill, is both briefer and less complete. Well, what can I say? My book, Schneider Trophy Seaplanes and Flying Boats, is currently the most detailed available.
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