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- ISBN 13 9780578553757
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Four Planes Started, Only Two Finished: How Eight Army Pilots Circled the Globe in 1924 (signed)
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: New. Second Edition. Privately Published, 2019. INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR, directly on the title page. SIGNED copies are SCARCE. NEW and unread. Flat, uncreased spine. One corner of the rear cover shows a little mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO fading, chips, or tears. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Has a 'Photo Gallery" with about 60 vintage photographs of the men and their flying machines. Bound in the original pictorial wraps. From the rear cover: "This is the true story [dialogue is novelized] of the First Flight Around the World in 1924. It involves four Donald Douglas Biplanes, eight United States Army aviators and more drama than a fiction writer could dream up. In flimsy, open cockpits these eight brave men defied all the elements, even the opposition and derision of their contemporaries. Ultimately they defied death itself! Major Fred Martin and Sgt. Alva Harvey crashed The City of Seattle World Cruiser in the ice-cold mountains of Alaska: The high spirited four-ton cruiser clung to life for a scant second before the left pontoon impacted against the mountain; she skidded along the sparsely covered mountain like a skier. The wings began to tear away, the propeller exploded as the plane carrying its two occupants careened up the mountain. It would be 10 horrifying days before they would reach civilization. Lt. Leigh Wade piloting the City of Boston along with co-pilot Lt. Henry Ogden were flying at 1000 feet over the North Atlantic when the oil pressure suddenly registered zero and smoke poured from the engine. Wade peered below in an effort to determine the direction of the waves. The wind grabbed at his face as the cruiser descended towards the sea. They were rescued by the United States Navy, as the Boston sank.Today in an age when men have been to the Moon and back, and mechanical rovers are traversing Mars, it is easily possible to forget a time many years ago when a journey of any distance by airplanes was truly difficult. This is that Story.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by the AUTHOR. Second Edition. Softcover. New. (ii), v, 332pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 026746
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Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 338 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.85 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers zk0578553759
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