The Great Air Race
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The Great Air Race Glory Tragedy And The Dawn Of American Aviation
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Author : John Lancaster
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2022-11-15
The Great Air Race Glory Tragedy And The Dawn Of American Aviation written by John Lancaster and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-15 with History categories.
The untold, almost unbelievable, story of the daring pilots who risked their lives in an unprecedented air race in 1919—and put American aviation on the map. Years before Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten. In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur pilot John Lancaster finally reclaims this landmark event and the unheralded aviators who competed to be the fastest man in America. His thrilling chronicle opens with the race’s impresario, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, who believed the nation’s future was in the skies. Mitchell’s contest—critics called it a stunt—was a risky undertaking, given that the DH-4s and Fokkers the contestants flew were almost comically ill-suited for long-distance travel: engines caught fire in flight; crude flight instruments were of little help in clouds and fog; and the brakeless planes were prone to nosing over on landing. Yet the aviators possessed an almost inhuman disregard for their own safety, braving blizzards and mechanical failure as they landed in remote cornfields or at the edges of cliffs. Among the most talented were Belvin “The Flying Parson” Maynard, whose dog, Trixie, shared the rear cockpit with his mechanic, and John Donaldson, a war hero who twice escaped German imprisonment. Jockeying reporters made much of their rivalries, and the crowds along the race’s route exploded, with everyday Americans eager to catch their first glimpse of airplanes and the mythic “birdmen” who flew them. The race was a test of endurance that many pilots didn’t finish: some dropped out from sheer exhaustion, while others, betrayed by their engines or their instincts, perished. For all its tragedy, Lancaster argues, the race galvanized the nation to embrace the technology of flight. A thrilling tale of men and their machines, The Great Air Race offers a new origin point for commercial aviation in the United States, even as it greatly expands our pantheon of aviation heroes.
The Great Air Races
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Author : Don Vorderman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
The Great Air Races written by Don Vorderman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Airplane racing categories.
The Great Air Race England Australia 1934
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Author : Arthur Swinson
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1968
The Great Air Race England Australia 1934 written by Arthur Swinson and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Airplane racing categories.
The Great Air Race
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Author : Arthur Swinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
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The Great Air Race
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Author : A. Woodward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 193?
The Great Air Race written by A. Woodward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 193? with Readers (Primary) categories.
The Big Jump
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Author : Richard Bak
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2011-06-24
The Big Jump written by Richard Bak and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-24 with History categories.
The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York and Paris attracted some of the most famous and seasoned aviators of the day, yet it was the young and lesser known Charles Lindbergh who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927 for his history-making solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Drawing on many previously overlooked sources, Bak offers a fresh look at the personalities that made up this epic air race – a deadly competition that culminated in one of the twentieth century's most thrilling personal achievements and turned Charles Lindbergh into the first international hero of the modern age. Examines the extraordinary life and cultural impact of Charles Lindbergh, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, and his legendary trans-Atlantic flight that captured the world's imagination Explores the romance of flying during aviation's Golden Age of the 1920s, the enduring mystique of the aviator, and rapid technological advances that made for a paradigm shift in human perception of the world Filled with colorful characters from early aviation history, including Charles Nungesser, Igor Sikorsky, René Fonck, Richard Byrd, and Paul Tarascon History and the imagination take flight in this gripping account of high-flying adventure, in which a group of courageous men tested the both limits of technology and the power of nature in pursuit of one of mankind's boldest dreams.
The Great Air Race
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Author : Daniel Diaz
language : en
Publisher: Brentwood Publishers Group
Release Date : 2008-01-01
The Great Air Race written by Daniel Diaz and has been published by Brentwood Publishers Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with categories.
The Great Atlantic Air Race
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
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Newfoundland To Europe Air Race Centennial Edition
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Author : D. H. Crocker
language : en
Publisher: Hobby Books
Release Date :
Newfoundland To Europe Air Race Centennial Edition written by D. H. Crocker and has been published by Hobby Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Newfoundland to Europe Air Race is a fictionalized version of the events and characters involved in the race for the first Atlantic Ocean crossing by aircraft as related to me by my father when I was a young boy. A group of young boys are swept up in the excitement that swirled around the frantic preparations for the Greatest Air Race of them all. Ike is a boy born and raised on the wrong side of town, suddenly thrust into manhood by the untimely death of his father. He finds a distraction from his pain when he and his young friends assume a pivotal roll in history by following and supporting the rival air race teams.
The Great Air Race England To Australia Etc Rules For A Game
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Author : AIR RACE.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1934
The Great Air Race England To Australia Etc Rules For A Game written by AIR RACE. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1934 with categories.