The Greatest Flight: Reliving the Aerial Triumph That Changed the World

by Peter McMillan, Terry Gwynn-Jones, John LaNoue

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570362386
• ISBN13: 9781570362385
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Turner Publications Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.8" x 11.9"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful story about re-creating history

This is a really interesting story; well told. A re-creation of a historical event in a historical machine. Clearly, the people involved are passionate about the adventure; making it all the more readable and enjoyable.

A gripping story of a recreation of an epic flight.

An incredible book about an incredible flight.It is difficult to know which is the more interesting -- the historical part of the book about the original Smith brothers flight, or Peter McMillan's account of his modern day recreation of the same flight.As an aviation buff I loved the detail of how the airplane was built (using the original plans) and tested and then the day-by-day chronicle of the flight. The chapter about the crash in Indonesia (by uncanny coincidence in virtually the same place as the Smith brothers 75 years before) is a great read. Highly recommended.