The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation

by John Lancaster

Book Overview

Years before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten.

In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631496379
• ISBN13: 9781631496370
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"