Historic Aircraft Wrecks of San Bernardino County Contributor(s): Macha, G. Pat (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626190127 ISBN-13: 9781626190122 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) - Transportation | Aviation - History |
Dewey: 363.124 |
LCCN: 2013035209 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Weather, darkness and twists of fate have contributed to more than three hundred airplane crashes in San Bernardino County, California. Many of these accidents occurred in the vast Mojave Desert, others on the cloud-shrouded, snow-capped mountains of the largest county in the lower forty-eight states. Searches often were labored yet fruitless, even for the privileged: Frank Sinatra's mother perished here in a downed plane. The quest for an aircraft containing $5,000 in cash has become the stuff of legend. Tales of survival in uninhabited, rugged landscapes have been especially harrowing. Join renowned aircraft-crash search specialist G. Pat Macha for dozens of sorrowful, triumphant, touching and surprising true stories of those who lived through the ordeals of plane crashes--and others who didn't. |