The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh & the Rise of American Aviation

by Thomas Kessner

Book Overview

In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to
Paris ushered in the modern age of commercial aviation.

In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195320190
• ISBN13: 9780195320190
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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