Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
Other Oceanic Flights.

LITTLE AMERICA. BY R. E. Byrd.
The story of Comdr. Byrd's achieve
ment in Polar exploration, which FORCES
another link in mans conquest of the
earth by air. told in his naive personal
fashion.
THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN
CROSS. BY c. E. Kingsford-Smith
and G. T. P. Ulm. 1929. SZAK6l
Eight thousand five hundred miles
across the Pacific. the greatest flight in
the history of aviation, as describS-5 by
the two pilots, whose accomplishment
was based on most careful preparation
and unfailing execution. No one who
has read about the other great flights
will want to miss this one, so modestly
and carefully told"
FLYING THE ARCTIC. BY G. II
wilkins. 1923. G14W65f.
Narrative of 2,200-mile flight from
Point Barrow to Spitzbergen.
$4,000 MILES THROUGH THE AIR.
BY Sir Ross Smith. 1922. SZ.Sm67f.
A vivid account of the first fight from
England to Australia, made in 1919.
OUR POLAR FLIGHT. BY r. E. G.
AmundSen and others. 1925. GA
AMIGO.
This is an interesting account OF the
Ellsworth Amundsen expedition to SO
degrees north in two DornierWal sea
planes. Out of the experiments of this
flight came plans for the flight in the
Norge Divided into six parts, each
phase of the expedition was recorded by
the men responsible for that part of the
work"
WINGS AROUND THE WORLD. BY
F. X. Baron Won Koenig Warthausen.
SZA K836w.
AN entertaining piece Of work, done
with an engaging modesty, by recording
a really remarkable achievement e,
a world flight in a tiny airplane."
Famous Airship Flights.
FIRST CROSSING OF THE POLAR
SEA BY r. E. G. Amundsen and
Lincoln Ellsworth. 1927. G14.Am96f
A description of the flight to the
North Pole in the airship Norge in 1926
by the man who was lost in the search
for Mobile and the Italia expedition.
HEROES OF THE AIR. BY c. c.
Fraser. 1890. 81 F867h.
Recital of 80 spectacular flights since
the war, including the Costes and Bel
lonte flight of September, 1880"
A NARRATIVE HISTORY OF AVA
TION. BY John Goldstrom. 1880.
81. G57.
An up-to-date account, which gives
flights and women in aviation. with
list of official records and an excellent
photography appended.
KNIGHTS OF THE AIR. BY L. ].
Maitland. 1929. SZM289k
"A bird's-eye view of outstanding de-
velopments and personalities in Ameri-
can aeronautics from the first
flight of the Wright brothers in 1903
until today"
Tur AFPTAT AGE pv walFer Well
man. 1911. SZ.W467.
Describes the problems involved In
attempting to reach the North Pole by
balloon in 1907 and 1909. Invites COM
parison with Amundsen's flight in 1926.
Recent Magazine Comment.
ANOTHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT, by
Capt Enrol Boyd and Lieut. Conner,
in Outlook, October %, 1880, page
BERLIN TO NEW YORK IN SIX
HOURS! in Popular Science, Janu-
airy. 1881, page SO.
DO WOMEN IOODOO TRANSAT-
I nadgIt .b FLIGHTS ,oi in Literary az
FLYING ABOVE THE SPANISH
MAIN, by I. Stone. in Country Life,
March. 1881, page 102.
ITALY TO BRAZIL: 6,450-MILE FOR
NATION FLIGHT. by G. Thornhill.
in Aero Digest, February, 1881, page
"A
TRIUMPH OF ITALY's AIR ARMADA.
in Literary Digest, January II, 1881.
page Z.
WINGS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. by
w. I. Glover. in Popular Mechanics,
February, 1881, pages 186-191.
WORKMANLIKE FLIGHT, in outlook,
May 20, 1881, page 20.