Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales From The Sky

by Lamar Underwood (Author), Lamar Underwood (Author)

New
Paperback
2018
$18.78

At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors. The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told is a diverse, inspiring, and exciting collection of writings on the thrills of taking flight.

Synopsis

At 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had constructed to a distance less than the length of the wingspan of today's 747 jet. They made three other flights the same day, the final lasting 59 seconds for a distance over the ground of 852 feet. The world would never be the same after that day. Mankind was finally off the ground in powered flight. And man's experiences in the air would forevermore join the literature of human endeavors. The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told is a diverse, inspiring, and exciting collection of writings on the thrills of taking flight.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 01 Aug 2018
ISBN 10: 1493019694
ISBN 13: 9781493019694

Media Reviews

The editor uses a strong mix of biographies, memoirs and fictional accounts to breathe life into a love affair with flying. Terse, tight writing makes for fast-paced action: Eloquent prose recalls pioneers of flight. --The Post & Courier (Charleston, SC)
The editor uses a strong mix of biographies, memoirs and fictional accounts to breathe life into a love affair with flying. Terse, tight writing makes for fast-paced action: Eloquent prose recalls pioneers of flight. --The Post & Courier (Charleston, SC)
Every once in a while, a book publisher comes up with a great concept for a series of books that deserve more than superficial recognition. Such a series is The Greatest (fill in the blank) Stories Ever Told , anthologies that should win places on many bedside tables. On the long winter nights that lie ahead, such stories make great reading. --The Lexington County Chronicle
Another in Lyons Press's first-rate greatest stories series. --The Tampa Tribune

Author Bio

Lamar Underwood is the former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and former editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. The numerous books he has edited include Tales of the Mountain Men, The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, Survival Stories, and War Stories. His novel On Dangerous Ground, was published by Doubleday. He lives in Pennington, NJ.