Flying Across America
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Flying Across America
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Author : Daniel L. Rust
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-11-20
Flying Across America written by Daniel L. Rust and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with History categories.
Americans who now endure the inconveniences of crowded airports, packed airplanes, and missed connections might not realize that flying was once an elegant, exhilarating adventure. In this colorful history, Daniel L. Rust traces the evolution of commercial air travel from the first transcontinental expeditions of the 1920s, through the luxurious airline environments of the 1960s, to the more hectic, fatiguing experiences of flying in the post-9/11 era. In the beginning, flying coast-to-coast was an exciting yet uncomfortable journey of nearly forty-eight hours that required numerous stops and overnight travel by train. With time and technical innovation, passengers became increasingly removed both physically and psychologically from the raw experience of flying. Faster planes, pressurized cabins, onboard amenities, and stronger safety precautions made flying more convenient and predictable—but also less evocative and sensational. Prior to the 1980s, Americans dressed for air travel in their formal best and enjoyed such luxurious onboard amenities as delicious meals and ample cabin space. What made air travel glamorous, however, also made it more expensive. With deregulation in 1978, cost reductions reduced flying to a more tedious and, after 9/11, more regimented experience. Rust’s narrative brims with firsthand accounts from such celebrities as Will Rogers and from ordinary Americans. Enlivened by more than 100 illustrations, including vintage brochures, posters, and photographs, Flying Across America reminds today’s airline passengers of what they have gained—and what they have lost—in the transcontinental flying experience.
Zero 3 Bravo
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Author : Mariana Gosnell
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1994-07-21
Zero 3 Bravo written by Mariana Gosnell and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-07-21 with Travel categories.
Mariana Gosnell takes the reader along on her extraordinary voyage across the U.S. in her single-engine Luscombe Silvaire, Zero Three Bravo. Enticed by the ribbon of sky that she could see from her Manhattan office window, she took a leave of absence from her job and made a three-month solo flight, navigating by use of landmarks and landing in America's little-known, back-country airports. She traveled south from her home airport of Spring Valley, New York, down to North Carolina and Georgia, west across Texas to Los Angeles and north to San Francisco, and then east over the Rockies, the plains, and the farms of the Midwest until she was back home.
Flying Over The Usa
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Author : Martin W. Sandler
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-06-10
Flying Over The Usa written by Martin W. Sandler and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06-10 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Describes the evolving role that airplanes have played in the history of the United States.
Flying Over South America
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Author : Annie Smith Peck
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Flying Over South America written by Annie Smith Peck and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Aeronautics categories.
Born To Fly
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Author : Steve Sheinkin
language : en
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Release Date : 2019-09-24
Born To Fly written by Steve Sheinkin and has been published by Roaring Brook Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Born to Fly is the gripping story of the fearless women pilots who aimed for the skies—and beyond. Just nine years after American women finally got the right to vote, a group of trailblazers soared to new heights in the 1929 Air Derby, the first women's air race across the U.S. Follow the incredible lives of legend Amelia Earhart, who has captivated generations; Marvel Crosson, who built a plane before she even learned how to fly; Louise Thaden, who shattered jaw-dropping altitude records; and Elinor Smith, who at age seventeen made headlines when she flew under the Brooklyn Bridge. These awe-inspiring stories culminate in a suspenseful, nail-biting rate across the country that brings to life the glory and grit of the dangerous and thrilling early days of flying, expertly told by the master of nonfiction history for young readers, National Book Award finalist Steve Sheinkin. Featuring illustrations by Bijou Karman.
The Cannibal Queen
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Author : Stephen Coonts
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2010-11-30
The Cannibal Queen written by Stephen Coonts and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with Travel categories.
The New York Times–bestselling icon of the techno-aviation thriller takes to the skies in this memoir of a great American adventure in an open-cockpit biplane. It was a bird’s-eye view of America—and the trip of a lifetime for author Stephen Coonts and his fourteen-year-old son. But even for Coonts, who had clocked 1,600 hours as a naval aviator and was the recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross commendation, this was a first. He’d be flying closer to the earth than he ever had before. His big yellow wood-and-canvas bird was the Cannibal Queen, a Stearman open-cockpit biplane built in 1942. Destined for the scrap yard, it was rescued and restored for what Coonts would call his “Stearman summer.” On a clear June afternoon in 1991, Coonts and his son took off to see the country the same way the barnstormers flew their Jennys: with a map and a compass. Coonts followed highways, railroad lines, back roads, mountains, rivers, and landmarks. For the next three months, seeing old friends and meeting new ones, he touched down on the diverse landscapes of each of the forty-eight contiguous states to record the stories of the American countryside, its spirited people, and its rich history. Soaring from big cities to the heartland, experiencing everything from Bourbon Street jazz and small-town barbershop quartets to greasy spoons and backyard barbeques, the author of Flight of the Intruder and The Art of War captures not only the singular thrill of biplane aviation, but a nostalgia for the simple pleasures of an America thought lost and forgotten. Stephen Coonts found it, and in The Cannibal Queen he shares every exultant moment. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Stephen Coonts, including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
Yesterday We Were In America
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Author : Brendan Lynch
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2019-02-18
Yesterday We Were In America written by Brendan Lynch and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
On 14 June 1919 – eight years before Charles Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic – two men from Manchester took off in an open-cockpit Vickers Vimy and flew into the history books. They battled through a sixteen-hour journey of snow, ice and continuous cloud, with a non-functioning wireless and a damaged exhaust that made it impossible to hear each other. And then, just five hours away from Ireland and high above the sea, the Vimy stalled. Yesterday We Were in America is the incredible story of John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, and how they gave hope to a post-war world that was in grave need of it.
Flight Of Passage
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Author : Rinker Buck
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-03-05
Flight Of Passage written by Rinker Buck and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-05 with Transportation categories.
Writer Rinker Buck looks back more than 30 years to a summer when he and his brother, at ages 15 and 17 respectively, became the youngest duo to fly across America, from New Jersey to California. Having grown up in an aviation family, the two boys bought an old Piper Cub, restored it themselves, and set out on the grand journey. Buck is a great storyteller, and once you get airborne with the boys you find yourself absorbed in a story of adventure and family drama. And Flight of Passage is also an affecting look back to the summer of 1966, when the times seemed much less cynical and adventures much more enjoyable.
The Airplane In American Culture
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Author : Dominick Pisano
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2003
The Airplane In American Culture written by Dominick Pisano and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
A fascinating account of America's relationship with the airplane
Flight In America
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Author : Roger E. Bilstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Flight In America written by Roger E. Bilstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Science categories.
When first published in 1984, Roger Bilstein's Flight in America was widely hailed as the foremost history of what is arguably the most remarkable achievement of the twentieth century--human flight. Now, in this newly revised and expanded edition, Bilstein continues his comprehensive history to the closing decade of the present century and offers a glimpse of developments in the next. "The most comprehensive survey of the history of American aeronautics and space flight yet published."--Technology and Culture. "Bilstein casts wide and far to net virtually everything from technological trends and research and development to the effect of air travel on the expansion of major league baseball in the 1950s and early 1960s... A superior work that will satisfy aero buffsand professionals alike."--Journal of American History.