Through Atlantic clouds the history of Atlantic flight
Through Atlantic Clouds The first attempt -- A gallant failure and a brilliant success -- The first non-stop crossing -- There and back by airship -- The crossing of the south Atlantic -- The first crossing via Greenland -- The world flyers reach Greenland -- Brigands and disasters on the south Atla...
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| Language: | English |
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Hutchinson
1934
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/203142 |
| Summary: | Through Atlantic Clouds The first attempt -- A gallant failure and a brilliant success -- The first non-stop crossing -- There and back by airship -- The crossing of the south Atlantic -- The first crossing via Greenland -- The world flyers reach Greenland -- Brigands and disasters on the south Atlantic crossing -- The "flying fool" -- Atlantic flights become the vogue -- The strange story of Captain Hinchliffe -- Germany and Ireland share the east to west crossing -- The first woman to fly across -- A rising toll of deaths -- Old "buses" prove their worth -- Nature in the raw -- Twelve planes cross together -- A flying palace -- Italy triumphant "Appendix. Successful and unsuccessful flights across the Atlantic"; Includes index |
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