THIS IS AN ANTHOLOGY OF SOME OF THE BEST FLYING STORIES available today - a riveting collection of great tales of adventure, courage, daring, brilliance and fear. The stories are fiction and true-to-life accounts. They start with ancient mythology when Icarus, son of Daedalus, flew too close to the sun and the wax holding his feathers together melted in the heat and he plunged into the sea. The book takes readers all the way through a century of flight to Man's footprints on the moon.
Every aspect of aviation is covered - from the earliest rickety machines, through rapid development of the technology, barnstorming and the growth of the passenger industry, to the immense influence of two world wars and later military conflicts and into the Jet Age when flying is so commonplace now that we take it for granted. One of the most fascinating sections of the books focuses on military aviation for which the editor - Brandt Aymar - selected from the best nonfiction and fiction works.
THE FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER WE OFFER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION with clean, crisp and unmarked
pages and an intact dust-jacket. The binding is firm and square, there are no irritating bumps on
the cover corners nor signs of previous ownership such as an
inscription or bookplate.
Though the book's title is Men in the Air, the editor does not neglect the role of women in the development of aviation and there are accounts of the exploits of Beryl Markham, Amelia Earhart, Sheila Scott and others. This is a fascinating and inspiring book - highly recommended.
Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0-517-57403-9 Non-Fiction: Aviation Tales
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