Famous first flights that changed history
Subtitle: sixteen dramatic adventures
By: Lowell Thomas and Lowell Thomas, Jr. ; with a foreward by Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Contributors: Thomas, Lowell, 1923-
Publisher: MJF Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781567317732
Subjects: Aeronautics; Flights
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : A word before the takeoff; title: A 22- mile flight that startled the world; title: Alcock and Brown fly the Atlantic; title: Halfway round the world; title: Kelly and Macready ride a Hudson Bay high; title: The Magellans of the air; title: Mr. Cobham flies to Cape Town; title: A Spaniard flies the South Atlantic; title: The race to the North Pole; title: Lindbergh flies alone; title: The Wilkins-Eielson trans-Arctic flight; title: The saga of the Southern Cross; title: Byrd, Balchen, June, and McKinley fly over the South Pole; title: Pang flies the Pacific; title: From Moscow to the U.S.A. via the North Pole; title: First across the Antarctic from Africa to Australasia; title: Around the world by way of both poles; title: Epilogue : A salute to those who failed.