The flight of the century : Charles Lindbergh & the rise of American aviation /
"In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New Yo...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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Colección: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- You're your own boss
- Acolyte of the air
- Aviation takes flight
- Intricate perfection
- Flight of the century
- Vive Lindbergh! vive l'Americain!
- It touched off aviation
- Airship diplomacy
- The Lindbergh era
- "We" now a trio
- As one gains fame one loses life.