The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton

The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780786487943
ISBN-13 : 0786487941
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Book Synopsis The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton by : Benjamin J. Burns

Download or read book The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton written by Benjamin J. Burns and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.


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