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<p>"Vergara's careful documentation of Robinson's close relationship with Glenn Curtiss and his pivotal role in the history of aviation gives us a fresh new perspective on the 'early birds' who created that 'wonderful era of discovery, daring, and innovation."--Arva Moore Parks, Historian</p> <p>"An opportunity to discover how it all began. . . . Hugh Robinson's story helps to put the history of flight into the proper perspective."--Lindsley A. Dunn, curator, Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, New York</p> <p>Hugh Robinson (1881-1963) was a daredevil, a compulsive inventor, an important figure in the early history of American aeronautics, and one tough customer. He survived test flights, fifteen serious crashes, the "Circle of Death" circus act (his own invention), and spectacularly dangerous international air shows.</p> <p>&nbsp;Based on the Robinson family's trove of early aviation memorabilia and 82 rare photographs, this biography describes his passage from childhood--when he attempted to fly his homemade bicycle off a 100-foot-high hill--to his final years as a consulting engineer for National Scientific Laboratories in Washington, D.C.</p> <p>&nbsp;Obsessed with a desire

Author

George L. Vergara

Publisher

Gainesville: University Press of Florida

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813013619

Subjects

Engineering, Memoir, Biography