The great air race
glory tragedy and the dawn of American aviation
The great air race
glory tragedy and the dawn of American aviation
Book - 2023
Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy.
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| التنسيق: | كتاب |
| اللغة: | English |
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New York, NY :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company,
[2023]
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| الطبعة: | First edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The great air race : |b glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation / |c John Lancaster. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, |c [2023] | |
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| 300 | |a xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 520 | |a Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I: The air service. The honeymoon special -- Willie -- The Western front -- Aftermath -- The flying parson -- Praeger -- "The greatest airplane race ever flown" -- Spaatz -- "Sure death if motor stops on the takeoff" -- Part II: The reliability test. "Interesting happenings" -- No parachutes -- "God's given children" -- "Snow hurricane" -- Rain -- Time and space -- Hungry hogs and a telegraph pole -- Spaatz vs. Kiel -- Salduro -- Hello Frisco! -- Roosevelt Field -- Part III: Triumph. Donaldson and Hartney -- "The man of a hundred wounds" -- Homeward bound -- A telegram from Omaha -- Buffalo -- The mechanic -- Victory -- Flying blind -- Three horses -- Part IV: Foundation. A sour parting -- The Woodrow Wilson Airway -- Epilogue -- 2019. | |
| 520 | |a Lancaster recounts the incredible, untold story of the transcontinental air race of October 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight-- and riveted the nation. Most of the pilots were veterans of World War I, flying DH-4s and Fokkers that were almost comically ill-suited for long distance travel. The aviators braved blizzards and mechanical failure, landing in cornfields or at the edges of cliffs. The race was a test of endurance that many pilots didn't finish because of exhaustion, mechanical failure-- or their deaths. -- adapted from jacket | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Transcontinental flights |z United States |x History. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Air pilots |z United States |v Biography. | |
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