The Flying Firsts Of Walter Hinton
Download and Read The Flying Firsts Of Walter Hinton full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free The Flying Firsts Of Walter Hinton ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton
Author | : Benjamin J. Burns |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2012-01-09 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0786487941 |
Download The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton Related Books
Pages: 258
Pages: 960
Pages: 320
Pages: 112
Pages: 64