The Great Flying Race
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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 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 Atlantic Air Race
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
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The Great Flying Race
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Author : Rachel Irish Kozicki
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2024-05-11
The Great Flying Race written by Rachel Irish Kozicki and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Join Sadie, the spirited unicorn with a heart as bright as her shimmering horn, in an enchanting adventure through Moonbeam Meadows. In this delightful tale, Sadie dreams of soaring high in the skies, and her chance comes when she enters the prestigious flying race against other young unicorns. With determination and courage, Sadie embarks on a journey filled with friendship, challenges, and magical surprises. As she spreads her wings and races through the clouds, she discovers the true meaning of bravery and the importance of believing in oneself. Will Sadie's determination bring glory to Moonbeam Meadows? Find out in this captivating story that will inspire young readers to reach for the stars.
To Conquer The Air
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Author : James Tobin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
To Conquer The Air written by James Tobin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
So wrote a quiet young Ohioan in 1900, one in an ancient line of men who had wanted to fly -- men who wanted it passionately, fecklessly, hopelessly. But now, at the turn of the twentieth century, Wilbur Wright and a scattered handful of other adventurers conceived a conviction that the dream lay at last within reach, and in a headlong race across ten years and two continents, they competed to conquer the air. James Tobin, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography, has at last given this inspiring story its definitive telling. For years Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in utter obscurity, supported only by their exceptional family. Meanwhile, the world watched as the imperious Samuel Langley, armed with a rich contract from the U.S. War Department and all the resources of the Smithsonian Institution, sought to scale up his unmanned models to create the first manned flying machine. But while Langley became obsessed with flight as a problem of power, the Wrights grappled with it as a problem of balance. Thus their machines took two very different paths -- his toward oblivion, theirs toward the heavens.
The Great Atlantic Air Race
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Author : Peter Bostock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Great Atlantic Air Race written by Peter Bostock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Transatlantic flights categories.
To Conquer The Air
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Author : James Tobin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-06-12
To Conquer The Air written by James Tobin 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 2012-06-12 with History categories.
James Tobin, award-winning author of Ernie Pyle's War and The Man He Became, has penned the definitive account of the inspiring and impassioned race between the Wright brothers and their primary rival Samuel Langley across ten years and two continents to conquer the air. For years, Wilbur Wright and his younger brother, Orville, experimented in obscurity, supported only by their exceptional family. Meanwhile, the world watched as Samuel Langley, armed with a contract from the US War Department and all the resources of the Smithsonian Institution, sought to create the first manned flying machine. But while Langley saw flight as a problem of power, the Wrights saw a problem of balance. Thus their machines took two very different paths—Langley’s toward oblivion, the Wrights’ toward the heavens—though not before facing countless other obstacles. With a historian’s accuracy and a novelist’s eye, Tobin has captured an extraordinary moment in history. To Conquer the Air is itself a heroic achievement.
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 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 Atlantic Air Race
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Author : Peter Bostock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
The Great Atlantic Air Race written by Peter Bostock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race, 1969 categories.