Slide Rule Author:Nevil Shute Subtitled "An autobiography of an engineer" and apparently a fictionalized account of Shute's life between WWI and WWII when small airfields were being set up in Britain. Describes in detail the design and construction of R100, an airship that would fly to Canada with passengers and cargo. — A good history of early aviation in Britain written wit... more »h skill and suspense.« less