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Skyward : Man's Mastery of the Air.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Admiral Byrd Classics SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (422 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442241732
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: SkywardLOC classification:
  • G585.B8 -- .B973 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Skyward -- CONTENTS -- I.-The Flyer's Viewpoint -- II.-Learning to Fly -- III.-On the Thin Edge of Eternity -- IV.-Thwarted Hopes -- V.-First Trans-Atlantic Flight -- VI.-Political Interlude -- VII.-The ZR-2 Disaster -- VIII.-I Turn Explorer -- IX.-The North Pole -- X.-Success at Last! -- XI.-This Hero Business -- XII.-Trans-Atlantic Flight -- XIII.-A Narrow Escape -- XIV.-In Defense of Spectacular Flights -- XV.-The Last Challenge -- XVI.-Behind the Scenes -- XVII.-A Glimpse into the Future.
Summary: Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative of America's early aviation history, much of which Byrd shaped with his explorations as a naval pilot and pioneering scientist. Byrd's outsized ambition has inspired generations to dare to push technological limits in order to achieve things greater than themselves.
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Skyward -- CONTENTS -- I.-The Flyer's Viewpoint -- II.-Learning to Fly -- III.-On the Thin Edge of Eternity -- IV.-Thwarted Hopes -- V.-First Trans-Atlantic Flight -- VI.-Political Interlude -- VII.-The ZR-2 Disaster -- VIII.-I Turn Explorer -- IX.-The North Pole -- X.-Success at Last! -- XI.-This Hero Business -- XII.-Trans-Atlantic Flight -- XIII.-A Narrow Escape -- XIV.-In Defense of Spectacular Flights -- XV.-The Last Challenge -- XVI.-Behind the Scenes -- XVII.-A Glimpse into the Future.

Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative of America's early aviation history, much of which Byrd shaped with his explorations as a naval pilot and pioneering scientist. Byrd's outsized ambition has inspired generations to dare to push technological limits in order to achieve things greater than themselves.

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