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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
2018-10-05
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Jim Ray
1893–1955
An illustrator and aviator as well as a writer, he brought the history of flight to life with clear storytelling and vivid artwork. His books and aviation sketchbooks were made to inform, entertain, and spark curiosity about airplanes and the people who flew them.
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