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First Across: The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919
Richard K. Smith
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Description for First Across: The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919
Paperback. Num Pages: 279 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: HBW; JWG; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
First Across is the exciting story of the first transatlantic flight. The flight, made in 1919, took a six-man crew nearly three weeks to complete. This book describes in detail the entire operation: the planning, the men and their aircraft, the primitive radio communication, and method of air navigation.
Richard K. Smith has used photographs, cartoons, and even advertisements of the era to help evoke that spring of 1919, an important moment in the history of transportation.
First Across is the exciting story of the first transatlantic flight. The flight, made in 1919, took a six-man crew nearly three weeks to complete. This book describes in detail the entire operation: the planning, the men and their aircraft, the primitive radio communication, and method of air navigation.
Richard K. Smith has used photographs, cartoons, and even advertisements of the era to help evoke that spring of 1919, an important moment in the history of transportation.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591147978
SKU
V9781591147978
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-3
About Richard K. Smith
Richard K. Smith received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Illinois and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Airships Akron and Macon: Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy, the award-winning First Across! The U.S. Navy's Transatlantic Flight of 1919 and numerous articles on the history of aeronautics. He died before ... Read more
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