The flight of the century charles lindbergh & the rise of American aviation
In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to...
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New York, US
Oxford University
2010
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Table of Contents:
- 1. You're your own boss
- 2. Acolyte of the air
- 3. Aviation takes flight
- 4. Intricate perfection
- 5. Flight of the century
- 6. Vive Lindbergh! vive l'Americain!
- 7. It touched off aviation
- 8. Airship diplomacy
- 9. The Lindbergh era
- 10. "We" now a trio
- 11. As one gains fame one loses life.