Thompson Trophy Racers: The Pilots and Planes of America's Air Racing Glory Days, 1929-49

by Roger Huntington

Book Overview

This book takes you back to experience the high-decibel excitement of the racehorse start, the wingtip-to-wingtip danger 'round the pylons, the elation of the winners on the victory lap and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879383658
• ISBN13: 9780879383657
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent reading and great pictures

With a keen interest for interwar air racing, this book is one of my most treasured ones. The text is informative and well written, the photos numerous and of good quality. Warmly recommended to all readers with an inetrest in Golden Age aviation.