The Great Air Race
Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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.
Contents:
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.
Subjects:
Airplane racing -- United States -- History.
Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
Airplane racing -- United States -- History.
Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History.
Aeronautics -- United States -- History.
Air pilots -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781631496370
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
TRANSPORT Air/Space Lan | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index.