The Resource The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation, John Lancaster
The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation, John Lancaster
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The item The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation, John Lancaster represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library.
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- Summary
- Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Part I: The air service. The honeymoon special
- Willie
- The Western front
- Aftermath
- The flying parson
- Praeger
- "The greatest airplane race ever flown"
- Spaatz
- "Sure death if motor stops on the takeoff"
- Part II: The reliability test. "Interesting happenings"
- No parachutes
- "God's given children"
- "Snow hurricane"
- Rain
- Time and space
- Hungry hogs and a telegraph pole
- Spaatz vs. Kiel
- Salduro
- Hello Frisco!
- Roosevelt Field
- Part III: Triumph. Donaldson and Hartney
- "The man of a hundred wounds"
- Homeward bound
- A telegram from Omaha
- Buffalo
- The mechanic
- Victory
- Flying blind
- Three horses
- Part IV: Foundation. A sour parting
- The Woodrow Wilson Airway
- Epilogue
- 2019
- Isbn
- 9781631496370
- Label
- The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation
- Title
- The great air race
- Title remainder
- glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation
- Statement of responsibility
- John Lancaster
- Subject
-
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Airplane racing
- Airplane racing -- United States -- History
- Airplane racing -- United States -- History
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Aeronautics
- Transcontinental flights
- Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History
- Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History
- United States
- History
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History
- Air pilots
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Reclaiming one of the most important moments in American aviation history, this incredible, untold story recounts the transcontinental air race of October 1919, which riveted a nation as the aviators pioneered the first coast-to-coast air route, despite much drama and tragedy
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lancaster, John
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Airplane racing
- Transcontinental flights
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- Airplane racing
- Transcontinental flights
- United States
- Label
- The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation, John Lancaster
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The air service. The honeymoon special -- Willie -- The Western front -- Aftermath -- The flying parson -- Praeger -- "The greatest airplane race ever flown" -- Spaatz -- "Sure death if motor stops on the takeoff" -- Part II: The reliability test. "Interesting happenings" -- No parachutes -- "God's given children" -- "Snow hurricane" -- Rain -- Time and space -- Hungry hogs and a telegraph pole -- Spaatz vs. Kiel -- Salduro -- Hello Frisco! -- Roosevelt Field -- Part III: Triumph. Donaldson and Hartney -- "The man of a hundred wounds" -- Homeward bound -- A telegram from Omaha -- Buffalo -- The mechanic -- Victory -- Flying blind -- Three horses -- Part IV: Foundation. A sour parting -- The Woodrow Wilson Airway -- Epilogue -- 2019
- Control code
- 1349861775
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781631496370
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1349861775
- Label
- The great air race : glory, tragedy, and the dawn of American aviation, John Lancaster
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-330) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I: The air service. The honeymoon special -- Willie -- The Western front -- Aftermath -- The flying parson -- Praeger -- "The greatest airplane race ever flown" -- Spaatz -- "Sure death if motor stops on the takeoff" -- Part II: The reliability test. "Interesting happenings" -- No parachutes -- "God's given children" -- "Snow hurricane" -- Rain -- Time and space -- Hungry hogs and a telegraph pole -- Spaatz vs. Kiel -- Salduro -- Hello Frisco! -- Roosevelt Field -- Part III: Triumph. Donaldson and Hartney -- "The man of a hundred wounds" -- Homeward bound -- A telegram from Omaha -- Buffalo -- The mechanic -- Victory -- Flying blind -- Three horses -- Part IV: Foundation. A sour parting -- The Woodrow Wilson Airway -- Epilogue -- 2019
- Control code
- 1349861775
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xviii, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781631496370
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1349861775
Subject
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Air pilots -- United States -- Biography
- Airplane racing
- Airplane racing -- United States -- History
- Airplane racing -- United States -- History
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Aeronautics
- Transcontinental flights
- Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History
- Transcontinental flights -- United States -- History
- United States
- History
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History
- Aeronautics -- United States -- History
- Air pilots
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