| Description |
204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [197]-198. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
Includes, among others, such historical flights across the Atlantic as the very first flight, the first non-stop flight, and the first mass crossing. |
| Contents |
Challenge of the Atlantic -- Commander Read and the NC-4, first across -- Alcock, Brown, and the Vimy, first nonstop -- R-34, one airship, four firsts -- Douglas World Cruisers, first East-to-West crossing by airplane -- Lindbergh, The Lone Eagle's solo classic -- Amelia Earhart, three more firsts -- Bremen and the Question mark, more East-West firsts -- Big boats of General Balbo, first mass crossings -- Whirling wings, across by copter, nonstop -- Double Eagle II, at long last, by balloon -- How pioneering paid off -- Chronology. |
| Subject |
Transatlantic flights -- Juvenile literature.
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Transatlantic flights.
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| ISBN |
0396077048 |
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