Chasing Icarus The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation

Name: Chasing Icarus The Seventeen Days in 1910 That Forever Changed American Aviation
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ISBN: 9780802719935

ISBN-10: 0802719937

ISBN-13: 9780802719935

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gavin Mortimer

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A unique story in the history of aviation: the pivotal moment that the airplane won out.In October of 1910, only four years before the outbreak of World War I, nobody knew whether planes, dirigibles, or balloons would prevail. Within a period of seventeen days, this question was on prime display, as the dirigibleAmericatried to cross the Atlantic; huge crowds gathered at horse-racing tracks to watch airplanes race around overhead; and ballooning teams from around the world took off from St. Louis in pursuit of the Bennett International Balloon Cup, given to the balloon that traveled the farthest. The dramatic denouement would stun the country and lay the foundation for the air force.…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 7/6/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Gavin Mortimer is a journalist and writer. He lives in London.



Author's Note


Prologue: The Biggest Events Are Yet to Come



It's Europe or Bust



Let's Stick by the Ship



A Sort of Bleeding to Death



Will Launch Lifeboats and Trust to You



We Are in Bad Country and Grave Danger



Progress Slow and Exhausting



Wait until Orville Comes



An Epoch-Making Event



Tears Started to Our Eyes



A Death Trap



Here Are Two Men in a Boat



Are You These Gentlemen?



There's Always a Chimney for a Man to Hang On To



I'll Be Able to Give the Wrights a Good Race



I'm Not Hurt Much but I Want a Long Rest



It Isn't True, It Can't Be True!



My Disgust at This Betrayal


Epilogue: We're Sending Sputniks to the Moon


Acknowledgments


Notes


Glossary of Aviation Terms


Selected Bibliography and Sources


Index