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Wings Across the Pacific: The Courageous Aviators Who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean
Terry Gwynn-Jones
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Description for Wings Across the Pacific: The Courageous Aviators Who Challenged and Conquered the Greatest Ocean
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 200 photographs. BIC Classification: 1QSP; JWG; TBX; TRP; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1362.
Wings Across the Pacific tells the epic struggle of the generation of pilots who made the dream of crossing the Pacific, a reality. The feats of Lindbergh and others who crossed the Atlantic have been more celebrated. But the Pacific was to flying what Everest was to mountain climbing: the biggest, most implacable, most irresistible challenge on earth. To fly the Pacific meant aiming for tiny islands amid seventy million square miles of ocean, and the slightest mechanical failure - or error of judgment - could mean a watery grave. Amelia Earhart is only one of many who vanished into ... Read more
Wings Across the Pacific tells the epic struggle of the generation of pilots who made the dream of crossing the Pacific, a reality. The feats of Lindbergh and others who crossed the Atlantic have been more celebrated. But the Pacific was to flying what Everest was to mountain climbing: the biggest, most implacable, most irresistible challenge on earth. To fly the Pacific meant aiming for tiny islands amid seventy million square miles of ocean, and the slightest mechanical failure - or error of judgment - could mean a watery grave. Amelia Earhart is only one of many who vanished into ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887407437
SKU
V9780887407437
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