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Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told

Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told
  • Author: Lamar Underwood
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
  • ISBN: 1493019694
  • Category: History
  • Page: 352
  • View: 157

At 10:35 on the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance shorter than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance of 852 feet over the ground. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And our experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors, to be shared by kindred spirits as well as the curious sorts who have wanted to know, "What was it like up there?" In The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told, editor Lamar Underwood has collected some of the finest writings, both fact and realistic fiction, to lay bare the drama of human beings coping with the skills needed to direct their machines through the vastness of the skies. With contributions from: Charles Lindbergh, Ernest K. Gann, General Chuck Yeager, Leo Janos, Tom Wolfe, Mary Lovell, Richard Bach, Rinker Buck, Diane Ackerman, Derek Robinson, and more.

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Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told
Language: en
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Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told

Authors: Lamar Underwood
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08 - Publisher: Lyons Press

At 10:35 on the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance shorter than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet.
The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told
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Categories: Transportation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Lyons Press

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Language: en
Pages: 304

Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told

Authors: Darren Brown
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-01 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

To reach freedom, the most famous escapers of all time have been willing to endure the most horrific conditions—and the direst consequences if caught. The collection of tales in The Greatest Escape Stories Ever Told is gripping as only true life-and-death struggles can be: Papillon fighting through the jungles of
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Language: en
Pages: 320

The Greatest Mountain Men Stories Ever Told

Authors: Lamar Underwood
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-15 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Long the dominant icon embodying the spirit of America's frontier past, the image of the cowboy no longer stands alone as the ultimate symbol of independence and self-reliance. The great canvas of the western landscape-in art, books, film-is today shared by the figures called "Mountain Men." They were the trappers
The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told
Language: en
Pages: 418

The Greatest Disaster Stories Ever Told

Authors: Lamar Underwood
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-11 - Publisher: Lyons Press

Recounts incidents of natural and man-made disasters, incorporating eyewitness testimony and forensic information, and addresses catastrophies from the Johnstown flood to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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