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The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton: From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon

Benjamin J. Burns

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Description:Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton: From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon. To get started finding The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton: From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton: From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon. To get started finding The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton: From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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