Name: Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U. Sk Air Mail (en Inglés)
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Author: Rosenberg, Barry ; Macaulay, Catherine
ISBN: 9780060529505

portada Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U. Sk Air Mail (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Barry Rosenberg

Catherine Macaulay

Editorial

William Morrow & Company

Año

2007

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

341

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

20.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm

Peso

0.31 kg.

ISBN

0060529504

ISBN13

9780060529505

Categorías

Estados unidos de américa
Siglo xx - c. 1900-c. 1999
Fuerzas aéreas
Historia de américa
Historia militar
Aeronáutica y aviación

Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U. Sk Air Mail (en Inglés)

Barry Rosenberg (Autor) · Catherine Macaulay (Autor) · William Morrow & Company · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U. Sk Air Mail (en Inglés)"

It was the pilots of the U.S. Air Mail service who made it possible for flight to evolve from an impractical and deadly fad to today's worldwide network of airlines. Nicknamed "The Suicide Club," this small but daring cadre of pilots took a fleet of flimsy World War I "Jenny" Biplanes and blazed a trail of sky routes across the country. In the midst of the Jazz Age, they were dashing, group-proud, brazen, and resentful of authority. They were also loyal, determined to prove the skeptics wrong. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY, by Barry Rosenburg and Catherine Macaulay, is a narrative non-fiction account of the crucial, first three years of the air mail service - beginning with the inaugural New York-to-Washington D.C. flight in 1918, through 1921 when aviator Jack Knight was the first to fly across the country at night and furthermore, through a blizzard. In those early years, one out of every four men lost their lives. With the constant threat of weather and mechanical failure and with little instrumentation available, aviators relied on their wits and instincts to keep them out of trouble. MAVERICKS OF THE SKY brings these sagas to life, and tells the story of the extraordinary lives and rivalries of those who single-handedly pulled off the great experiment.