The Flying Firsts Of Walter Hinton

Author : Benjamin J. Burns
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-09
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780786487943

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The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton by Benjamin J. Burns Pdf

Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1258 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015084396244

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Information Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Wittreich
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781462835119

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Forgotten First Flights by Paul Wittreich Pdf

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Author : Sheldon Bart
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621570820

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Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole by Sheldon Bart Pdf

In the age of adventure, when dirigibles coasted through the air and vast swaths of the Earth remained untouched and unseen by man, one pack of relentless explorers competed in the race of a lifetime: to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole. What inspired their dangerous fascination? For some, it was the romantic theory about a “lost world,” a hidden continent in the Arctic Ocean. Others were seduced by new aviation technology, which they strove to push to its ultimate limit. The story of their quest is breathtaking and inspiring; the heroes are still a matter of debate. It was the 1920s. The main players in this high stakes game were Richard Byrd, a dashing Navy officer and early aviation pioneer; and Roald Amundsen, a Viking in the sky, bitter rival of Byrd’s and a hardened veteran of polar expeditions. Each man was determined to be the first aviator to fly over the North Pole, despite brutal weather conditions, financial disasters, world wars, and their own personal demons. Byrd and Amundsen’s epic struggle for air primacy ended in a Homeric episode, in which one man had to fly to the rescue of his downed nemesis, and left behind an enduring mystery: who was the first man to fly over the North Pole? Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole is a fast-paced, larger-than-life adventure story from Sheldon Bart, the only historian with unprecedented access to Richard Byrd’s personal archives. With powerful, never-before-seen evidence of the race to pioneer one of Earth’s last true frontiers, Race to the Top of the World is a story of a day when men were heroes and the wild was untamed.

Author : Ron Keurajian
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476664156

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Collecting Historical Autographs by Ron Keurajian Pdf

Collecting autographs is a time-honored avocation that has exploded in popularity in recent years, creating a new industry with millions of autographed items for sale online. Coveted signatures include those of United States presidents, Civil War officers, World War II heroes, classical music composers and baseball stars. It has been estimated that 90 percent of historical autographs on the market today are forgeries. This book is a definitive guide to signature authentication for experts and beginners alike. Numerous illustrations of both genuine and forged signatures are included, from Ty Cobb to Abraham Lincoln to Isaac Newton to Neil Armstrong. Detailed descriptions of common forgeries are given, enabling collectors to make direct comparisons.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UIUC:30112075630506

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Naval Aviation News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gregg Bocketti
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822988939

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Claiming Brazil by Gregg Bocketti Pdf

Brazil marked its centennial as an independent country in 1922. Claiming Brazil explores how Brazilians from different walks of life commemorated the event, and how this led to conflicting ideas of national identity. Civic rituals hold enormous significance, and Brazilian citizens, immigrants, and visitors employed them to articulate and perform their sense of what Brazil was, stood for, and could be. Gregg Bocketti argues that these celebrations, rather than uniting the country, highlighted tensions between modernity and tradition, over race and ethnicity, and between nation and region. Further, the rituals contributed to the collapse of the country’s social and political status quo and gave substance to the debates and ideas that characterized Brazilian life in the 1920s and then under the transformative rule of Getúlio Vargas (1930–1945). Now, at the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence, which itself unfolds in a period of political crisis and economic dislocation, and in the aftermath of several large civic events, it is an opportune moment to consider how Brazilians used civic rituals to engage with questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship one hundred years ago.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
Page : 1238 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101081976720

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Princeton Alumni Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Autographs
ISBN : UOM:39015081559372

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Manuscripts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015024398920

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U.S. Air Services by Anonim Pdf

Author : Allen Herr
Publisher : Stansbury Publishing
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781935807537

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Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939 by Allen Herr Pdf

Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939: Vol. 1, San Francisco Bay Area is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Area. Historian Allen Herr recalls the aviation pioneers who flew weekly exhibitions promoting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition fifteen months prior to its San Francisco opening. These pioneers formed flying schools, built airports, manufactured aircraft, and competed against each other. Herr captures the energy behind the Bay Area aviation movement, tells who was involved, and describes the effects of their extraordinary determination and achievements. This edition is one of three in Herr's series of Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939.

Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher : Skyhorse
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781510711075

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Famous First Flights by Lowell Thomas Pdf

Within this classic volume are the tales, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs behind some of the most spectacular and break-taking aerodynamic feats of early twentieth century aviation. Recounted firsthand from the annals of history, Famous First Flights will lift readers directly from the pages and into the action. Join the exhilarated crowd as they watch French flying ace Louis Bleriot make the first air journey over water in 1909. Be on the ground in Paris to welcome Lindbergh and his magnificent The Spirit of St. Louis upon the landing of the first solo transatlantic flight. Hold your breath with Ross Macpherson Smith and his crew on their infamously trouble-plagued trek from London to Australia in 1919. And relive the excitement and awe experienced ‘round the world as “The Magellans of the Air” completed the first circumnavigation of the globe via air in 1965. In these and thirteen other recounts of jaw-dropping feats, celebrated aviators Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas Jr, deliver another must-have volume in the Explorer’s Club Classic Series. With over forty photographs and new updates on ballooning and space flights, Famous First Flights is must-have compendium for every arm-chair pilot and aviation enthusiast.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : UCR:31210024769380

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An Aerospace Bibliography by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UOM:39015020231950

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Air Travel News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041710984

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Statistical Handbook of Civil Aviation by Anonim Pdf