The Pulitzer air races : American aviation and speed supremacy, 1920-1925 / Michael Gough.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gough, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pulitzer Air Race--History.

Pulitzer Air Race.

Airplane racing--History--United States.

Airplane racing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Three years after American raceplanes failed dismally in the most important air race of 1920, a French magazine lamented that American ""pilots have broken the records which we, here in France, considered as our own for so long."" The Pulitzer Trophy Air Races (1920 through 1925), endowed by the sons of publisher Joseph Pulitzer in his memory, brought about this remarkable turnaround. Pulitzer winning speeds increased from 157 to 249 mph, and Pulitzer racers, mounted on floats, twice won the most prestigious international air race--the Schneider Trophy Race for seaplanes. Airplanes, engines, p

Contents:

The Pulitzer Trophy, "a perpetual prize for annual closed circuit air races"

1920

with a bang : three dozen airplanes fly the first Pulitzer Race, Mitchel Field, Long Island, November 25

1921

a close-run event and narrow victory: a Curtiss racer built for the Navy wins the second Pulitzer, North Field, Omaha, November 3

1922

Army Curtiss racers come out on top in the Pulitzer, and a general sets a world speed record, Selfridge Field, Michigan, October 14

1923

the greatest show of all, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, October 6

1924

Dayton, disappointment, and death, Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, October 4

1925

back to the origin, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 12

1926

"Perpetual" dies with a whimper

Pulitzer legacies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-0324-3