The flying firsts of Walter Hinton
Subtitle: from the 1919 transatlantic flight to the Arctic and the Amazon
By: Benjamin J. Burns
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786464470
Subjects: Competitions; Aeronautics; Military Air pilots; Transatlantic flights; NC-4 (Aircraft); Aviation; United States. Navy; United States; Biography; History
Description: "Although Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean is considered by many to be the first step to today's space program, 91 men had crossed the Atlantic by air before him. Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane, a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In the beginning; title: November 10, 1888, to February 12, 1908-Van Wert, Ohio; title: And see the world; title: June 1917 to May 8, 1919; title: Chatham, Massachusetts, Chatham Naval Air Station; title: With the NC-1 and NC-3; title: May 16-17, 1919, aboard the NC-4; title: May 16 and 17, 1919, aboard the NC-1; title: May 16-20, 1919, aboard the NC-3; title: Brits fly for honor: March 28, 1919-May 18, 1919; title: British bombers complete: May 13-26, 1919; title: Lisbon and beyond; title: Ballooning into Canada; title: Hopping down to Rio; title: Exploring the Amazon Basin; title: Hinton the celebrity; title: Touring the country for the exchange clubs and beyond; title: Epilogue.