The Big Hop: First Non-Stop Flight Across Atlantic Ocean And Into Future David Rooney Chatto Windus Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ David Rooney Is An Expert Storyteller With A Big Heart Capturing Not Only The Perils Faced By Intrepid Airmen Who Attempted Flight But Also Their Humanity\ John Lancaster Author Of Great Air Racenewfoundland 1919 Buffeted Winds Unwieldy Aircraft – Made Mainly From Wood And Stiff Linen Struggled To Take Off North American Island’s Rocky Slopes Cramped Side In Its Open Cockpit Were Two Men Freezing Cold Barely Able Move Resolute They Had Dream: Be First Human History Fly Non-Stop Across Atlantic Ocean There Three Other Teams Competing Against Them As Waves Raged Few Miles Below Memories Wartime Crashes Resurfaced It Was Just Over Six Months Since ‘War End All Wars’ Come Close Between Seven Young Aviators Would Get Ground For Transatlantic Race Already Defied Death Many Times Mining Letters Diaries Evocative Unpublished Photographs Rooney’s Deeply Researched Account Audacious Contest Shows How Airmen’s Thrilling Experiences That Ultimately Led ‘Big Hop’ Brought Old Friends Together One More Daring Adventure These Pioneers Weren’t Scientists Or Stoical Upper-Class Officers Ordinary Working Risking Lives Name Progress Unjustly Forgotten Nonetheless Paved Way Earharts Lindberghs Came After Ushered Age Global Connection Which We Live Now Might Seem Routine Today Almost Chore Possible Because Those Went Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm