The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation / John Lancaster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lancaster, John (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplane racing--United States--History.

Airplane racing.

Transcontinental flights--United States--History.

Transcontinental flights.

Aeronautics--United States--History.

Aeronautics.

Air pilots--United States--Biography.

Air pilots.

Physical Description:

xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2023]

Summary:

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:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE AIR SERVICE

1. The Honeymoon Special

2. Willie

3. The Western Front

4. Aftermath

5. The Flying Parson

6. Praeger

7. "The Greatest Airplane Race Ever Flown"

8. Spaatz

9. "Sure Death If Motor Stops on the Takeoff"

pt. II THE RELIABILITY TEST

10. "Interesting Happenings"

11. No Parachutes

12. "God's Given Children"

13. "Snow Hurricane"

14. Rain

15. Time and Space

16. Hungry Hogs and a Telegraph Pole

17. Spaatz vs. Kiel

18. Salduro

19. Hello Frisco!

20. Roosevelt Field

pt. III TRIUMPH

21. Donaldson and Hartney

22. "The Man of a Hundred Wounds"

23. Homeward Bound

24. A Telegram from Omaha

25. Buffalo

26. The Mechanic

27. Victory

28. Flying Blind

29. Three Horses

pt. IV FOUNDATION

30. A Sour Parting

31. The Woodrow Wilson Airway.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index.

ISBN:

9781631496370

1631496379

OCLC:

1349861775