Can I read The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation on EtoBox?

The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation by John Lancaster is a hobbies available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation about?

The untold, almost unbelievable, story of the daring pilots who risked their lives in an unprecedented air race in 1919—and put American aviation on the map. Years before Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris electrified the nation, a group of daredevil pilots, most of them veterans of the World War I, brought aviation to the masses by competing in the sensational transcontinental air race of 1919. The contest awakened Americans to the practical possibilities of flight, yet despite its significance, it has until now been all but forgotten. In The Great Air Race, journalist and amateur pilot John Lancaster finally reclaims this landmark event and the unheralded aviators who competed to be the fastest man in America. His thrilling chronicle opens with the race's impresario, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, who believed the nation's future was in the skies. Mitchell's contest—critics called it a stunt—was a risky undertaking, given that the DH-4s and Fokkers the contestants flew were almost comically ill-suited for long-distance travel: engines caught fire in flight; crude flight instruments were of little help in clouds and fog; and the brakeless planes were prone to nos

Who reads The Great Air Race: Glory, Tragedy, and the Dawn of American Aviation?

Author

John Lancaster

Publisher

Liveright Publishing Corporation

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781631496387

Category

hobbies

Subjects

Engineering, Technology, Stem

Rating

4.3 / 5 (184 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14