Chapters
44 totalThe Story of AMERICAN AVIATION by JIM RAY
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
AVIATION IN AMERICA IN ITS EARLY DAYS
FIRST ARMY AIRPLANE
AMERICA BECOMES AIR-MINDED
THE ARMY AND NAVY SPREAD THEIR WINGS
UNITED STATES MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION WORLD WAR I
THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT
MEN AND MACHINES WORLD WAR I
Description
Illustrated by the author.
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Language
en
Duration
~3 hours (183K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Oct 5, 2018
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Jim Ray
1893–1955
Best known for vivid aviation writing and artwork, this mid-20th-century American author brought the history of flight to life for general readers. His books and sketches reflect both a pilot’s interest in aircraft and an illustrator’s eye for detail.
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