num_pages: 329
description: American aviation didn’t start in a corporate boardroom or a government committee. It began as a craving in the guts of adventurers to escape earth’s grip and soar aloft. First, the Wrights left the windswept sands of Kitty Hawk, then barnstormers rose from cow pastures to chase dreams in fabric-covered crates. Some made it, while many did not. The survivors cleaned grease from their fingernails and donned G.I. uniforms to win a far-flung war in the 1940s. Then, they came home to build the world’s greatest airline industry. Our astronauts launched from Capes Canaveral and Kennedy in the 1960s, paving the way to the moon and beyond. And now, privately funded adventurers are rising from Mojave, again reminding us the American Dream can be ours if we seek it. Records and feats of others exist as challenges, and dreams are there to chase!
language: English
title: Middletown's Maverick Flyer
titlecomplete: Middletown's Maverick Flyer
publisher: PublishAmerica