Around the World in 175 Days The First Round-the-World Flight

Name: Around the World in 175 Days The First Round-the-World Flight
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ISBN: 9781560989677

ISBN-10: 156098967X

ISBN-13: 9781560989677

Edition: 2001

Authors: Carroll V. Glines, Walter J. Boyne

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Here Carroll Glines captures the drama of the first flight around the world, from the careful behind-the-scences planning through the airmen's harrowing in-flight experiences to the mission's culmination in triumph.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 9/17/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Challenge



The Preparation



The Adventure Begins



Daring the Aleutians



Seattle Is Lost



First across the Pacific



To China and the "Paris of the Orient"



On to Calcutta



Paris by Bastille Day



Preparing for the North Atlantic



North America at Last!



Mission Accomplished


Epilogue



The Route of the Flight


Notes


Further Reading


Index