| Wild Blue: Stories of Survival from Air and Space Contributor(s): Fisher, David (Editor), Garvey, William (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1560252510 ISBN-13: 9781560252511 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1999 Annotation: "Wild Blue" collects the most gripping accounts of what some would call the greatest achievement of the century: controlled flight. From the soaring to the harrowing, these accounts put readers right in the cockpit. 16 photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - History |
| Dewey: 629.132 |
| LCCN: 99045737 |
| Series: Adrenaline Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.16" W x 8.99" (1.13 lbs) 360 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wild Blue collects the most gripping accounts of what some would call the greatest achievement of the century: controlled flight. Charles Lindbergh takes readers wing-walking in a barnstorming biplane; Ernest K. Gann describes the nocturnal spell of copiloting a DC-2 at night, broken by the unexpected terror of ice on its wings; a young ace named Chuck Yeager shatters the sound barrier and then loses consciousness in a violently tumbling rocket-plane. From the soaring to the harrowing, from flying a Piper Cub over the Rockies at the age of 14 to a nighttime carrier approach with an anxious, rusty lieutenant, Wild Blue puts readers right in the cockpit. |