Nord- und Südatlantik

Huttig, Jack
Today transoceanic flights are so commonplace that it is hard for us to imagine what a challenge they were to the courageous pioneers who first attempted them. Modern technology has made what was once a thrilling (and often tragic) adventure into an exercise in boredom to be relieved by movies and cocktails. Thus, it is aspecial achievement that Jack Huttig has accomplished in recreating the excitement, indeed the hysteria, that surrounded the early flights, bringing to life the brief but shining time when a small group of airmen became the world's heroes; lionized worldwide if they succeeded and mourned worldwide if they failed.
While Charles A. Lindbergh was the most celebrated man of his time, there were many other air pioneers who have for too long been overshadowed by Lindbergh's flight to Paris. 1927 - Summer of Eagles emphasizes the characters, personalities, and highly competitive interrelationships of the airmen involved and presents their achievements in proper historical perspective.
Among the eagles of that fascinating summer were Clarence Chamberlin and the controversial millionaire Charles Levine who broke Lindy's distance record by crossing nearly 4,000 miles from New York to Germany, and then got lost less than a hundred miles from their goal, Berlin; Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli who tried to preempt Lindbergh's achievement by taking the more difficult western trip from Paris to New York and, like so many of their compatriots, were never seen again; the aristocratic explorer and inventor Richard E. Byrd who set no records with his Atlantic crossing, but did on his polar expeditions; and the intrepid competitors in the famous Dole race from California to Hawaii, half of whom never found their tiny target and were lost forever in the depths of the Pacific.
The glorious "Summer of Eagles" lasted from March until the end of September, 1927, when the steamer Nerissa brought the tattered remains of Bertrand, Hill, and Payne's Old Glory back to New York Harbor after its fatal crash off Newfoundland - one of the few cases in which any wreckage was ever found. It was a unique period in history when a few air pioneers with comparatively little financial backing risked everything on a dramatic bid for world fame. Anyone reading this exciting book can retrieve a glimpseof the undying glory ofthat magic summer's epic flights; vicariously share in moments of victory, defeat, and despair; and comprehend both the environment and the personal drives which mad.e these airmen among the most famous legends and martyrs of aviation history.

Softcover
147 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition, however several pages loose
Chicago - 1980 - Nelson-Hall
Art.Nr. 25541

Wykes, Alan
First Edition

At a time when manned flight to the moon is imminent, it is worth recalling that as short a time ago as 1909 the New York Times and the Daily Telegraph jointly sponsored the first trans-Atlantic flight. Ten more years were to pass before "the old pond" was conquered. Alan Wykes recounts the saga of the creation of the air link between the new and the old worlds from the early hilarious efforts of Walter Wellman and his polar airship America (a lifeboat slung below provided "parlour, smoking-room and dormitory") to the valorous endeavours after the First World War and the secure and restful sub-sonic six-hour crossings of the present day when short-lived tedium seems to be the only enerny.
Alan Wykes excercises his discerning skill for uncovering the bizarre and downright funny. His accounts of trans-Atlantic air travel when there were twice as many crew as passengers, when you could personally praise the chef for your four-course dinner, and stroll at will from lounge to lounge - decorated by Somerset Maugham's wife for a fee of $7500 - is wonderfully evocative. But his history also includes many occasions of drama and several of tragedy: "the silent valhalla" of the Hindenburg's flaming death in 1937, for example.
For the reclining jet passenger of 1967 nothing could be more entertaining - and reassuring - than this splendidly illustrated history by the author of Snake Man and Nimrod Smith.

Hardcover with dust jacket
210 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition, dust jacked with tears
London - 1967 - Hamish Hamilton
Art.Nr. 21438

Pinedo, Francesco de
Deutsche Erstausgabe von 1928.
Der Italiener de Pinedo überquerter als Fünfter den Südatlantik sowie als 12. (11. war Charles Lindbergh) den Nordatlantik. Flugzeug: Savoia-Marchetti S-55.

Leinen
286 Seiten / pages
Mit vielen Federzeichnungen des Verfassers und 130 Abbildungen auf Tafeln
Sehr gut erhalten, Schnitt fleckig
Zürich - Leipzig - Stuttgart - 1928 - Rascher & Cie Verlag
Art.Nr. 790

Prepared for the Air Ministry by the Ministry of Information.

Published early 1945 of "the present war" this broshure gives an overlook onto the establishment and conduct of the Atlantic Ferry of Bombers and Fighters from the U.S. to Great Britain from 1940 to 1945. On a map with the routes across the Atlanic Ocean you can see that the war was still on at publishing time: The then secret air bases on Greenland - Bluie West Eight (later Sondrestrom Air Base, now Kangerlussuaq) and Bluie West 1 (now Narsarsuaq) are not shown on the map...

Softcover
75 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition, cover rubbed
London - 1945 - His Majesty´s Stationery Office
Art.Nr. 19921

Jablonski, Edward
First Edition, First Printing.
A book on the quest for Atlantic Flight from 1919-1939.

From the earliest days of manned flight, the Atlantic Ocean beckoned to bold aviators, the ultimate challenge to their flying skill. For two brief decades, airmen of vision, perseverance, and raw nerve blazed a trail in the sky for the millions who have followed. Filled with the glamour, romanticism, comedy, and tragedy of those years, ATLANTIC FEVER is a lavishly illustrated record of the men and machines that conquered that vast sea.
Beginning with the first successful crossing - the U.S. Navy's meticulously planned expedition of three Curtiss-designed NC's in 1919 - Edward Jablonski covers every major aerial landmark. The first nonstop fiight, Alcock and Brown's hair-raising journey; the first crossing by airship and the first East-to-West trip, by Britain's stately R-34 - all the important "firsts" are described in detail.
The competition for one "first," however, monopolized the public's Imagination. The Orteig Prize, $25,000 for the first nonstop fiight between New York and Paris, attracted the biggest names in aviation. Some of the best flyers met death: Nungesser and Coli, lost over the ocean; Davis and Wooster, drowned in a Virginia swamp. And the prize, of course, went to a gritty unknown from the Midwest, Charles A. Lindbergh. Jablonski captures all the drama of "Lucky Lindy's" historic flight, and all the pathos of those who tried too hastily to follow in his footsteps.
For this is a book about not only celebrated triumphs, but the less-well-known distinctions as well. Here, for example is the conquest of the South Atlantic, a less popular but no less hazardous route. Another chapter unravels the colorful shenanigans of Charles Levine, the press agent, entrepreneur, and subsequently flyer, whose Columbia, en route to Berlin, set a distance record but never did land in the German capital. Smaller contributions to air history receive their due: Aircraftsman William Ballentyne, for example, became the first aerial stowaway, and Princest Anne Lowenstein-Wertheim was both the first woman to attempt the Atlantic by air - and the first woman to be lost trying. A vivid report on Amelia Earhart's first transatlantic flight is included, and Douglas "Wrong-Way" Corrigan's wittily conceived exploits provide a fitting conclusion to the "Golden Age" of transatlantic adventure - ending, as it began, with the enthusiastic derring-do of a courageous flyer.

Hardcover with dust jacket
325 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition
New York - 1972 - The MacMillian Company
Art.Nr. 9885

Jackson, Joe
First Edition

For five weeks - from April 14 to May 21, 1927 - the world held its breath while fourteen aviators took to the air to capture the $25,000 prize that Raymond Orteig offered to the first man to cross the Atlantic Ocean without stopping.
Joe Jackson's Atlantic Fever is about this race, a milestone in American history whose story has never been fully told. Delving into the lives of the big-name competitors - the polar explorer Richard Byrd, the French war hero Rene Fonck, the millionaire Charles Levine, and the race's eventual winner, the enigmatic Charles Lindbergh—as well as those whose names have been forgotten by history (such as Bernt Balchen, Stanton Wooster, and Clarence Chamberlin), Jackson brings a completely fresh and original perspective to the race to conquer the Atlantic.
Atlantic Fever opens for us one of those magical Windows onto a moment when the nexus of technology, innovation, character, and spirit led so many contenders from different parts of the world to be on the cusp of the exact same achievement at the exact same time.

Hardcover with dust jacket
527 Seiten / pages
photos
book very good condition, dust jacket with one small tear
New York - 2012 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Art.Nr. 15747

Buddenbrock, Dr. W. Freiherr von
Erstausgabe.

Aus dem Inhalt:
Später Bericht über eine vergangene Epoche
Zwischen Wind und Wasser
Das Flugboot
Vom Seefliegen
Barranquilla 1924
Curacao 1925
Über die Karibensee
Wir entdecken Mittelamerika (1925)
Vor den Toren der USA
Das schiefe Leitwerk
Unter der alten Schiffsglocke
Robinson in Venezuela
Auf dem Atlantik
Das ist der Haken
Das geheimnisvolle Schleppsegel
Das Wal-Fang- und Schleuderschiff
Bring sie lebend heim
Die Flotte wächst
Die Ostmark erscheint
Auf der großen Spur
Die Probe aufs Exempel

Leinen
152 Seiten / pages
viele Fotos
sehr gut erhalten
Düsseldorf - 1965 - GFW-Verlag
Art.Nr. 10778

Köhl, Hermann (Flugkapitän)
Erstausgabe mit eigenhändiger Widmung des Verfassers.

Hermann Köhl überquerte 1928 als erster den Atlantischen Ozean von Ost nach West mit Hünefeld und Fitzmaurice. Hermann Köhl starb 1938 im Alter von 50 Jahren.

Leinen
228 Seiten / pages
Fotos
gut erhalten, signiert!
Berlin - 1932 - Sieben-Stäbe-Verlag
Art.Nr. 1711

Hauser, Andrea
Sehr gute Dokumentation zum Flug der "Bremen" 1928 als erstes Flugzeug von Ost nach West über den Nordatlantik. Beschrieben wird auch ausführlich die Rezeptions des Fluges in Deutschland, die weitere Biografie der drei Piloten sowie die abenteuerliche spätere Reise des Flugzeugs mehrmals über den Atlantik von Museum zu Museum…

Softcover, Großformat
49 Seiten / pages
viele seltene Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, neu
Bremen - 1997 - Bankhaus Neelmeyer
Art.Nr. 7922

Hotson, Fred W.
Deutsche Erstausgabe

Der Flug des deutschen Flugzeugs Bremen von Europa nach Nordamerika im Jahr 1928 war einer der Meilensteine in der Geschichte der Luftfahrt. Niemand hatte den Atlantik bisher in dieser Richtung überflogen und das Risiko war groß. Einige waren bei dem Versuch bereits umgekommen. Als die beiden Deutschen und ein Ire in der Bremen Irland in Richtung New York verließen, sagte man ihnen das gleiche Schicksal voraus. Als man 40 Stunden ohne Nachricht war, bereitete die Presse Nachrufe auf die tapfere Besatzung vor. Plötzlich kam eine Meldung von einer abgelegenen kanadischen Funkstation: Das Flugzeug mußte auf einer eisbedeckten Insel im St. Lawrence Golf landen ... und der Wettlauf zu den gestrandeten Fliegern begann.
Die Geschichte der Bremen ist ein spannendes Drama aus Mut, Humor und Tragik. Viele Menschen wurden in das Ereignis einbezogen, der Leuchtturmwärter und seine Familie, die mit Erstaunen Zeugen wurden, als das Flugzeug fast vor ihrer Haustür niederging, Präsidenten und Premierminister. Da waren Buschpiloten, die zuerst zu dem Flugzeug vordrangen und Mechaniker, welche die Bremen instandsetzen wollten, rücksichtslose Reporter, denen es um die Erstmeldung ging und Lindbergh, der einen Flug unternahm, um dem Piloten Floyd Bennett das Leben zu retten. Ein begeisterter Journalist nannte in diesen Luftfahrtbegeisterten Tagen die Episode der Bremen "die wichigste Nachrichtengeschichte aller Zeiten".

Softcover
204 Seiten / pages
Fotos und Karten
sehr gut erhalten, neu
Allershausen - 1996 - Nara Verlag
Art.Nr. 24021

Hofbauer, Michael - Leder, Dieter - Schmelzle, Peter


Gebundene Ausgabe, Großformat
192 Seiten / pages
sehr viele, teils farbige Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten
Bonn - 2003 - Deutsche Post
Art.Nr. 16083

Smith, Richard K.
There are many first in transatlantic aviation. You may know Lindberghs famous flight from 1927, which was the first nonstop solo crossing. This book however describes in great detail the very first "First". In 1919 America with all it's military power demonstrated it could fly the Atlantic. No less then 56 U.S. destoyers were stationed along a line across the ocean to serve as station ships. Three planes left Newfoundland for Portual. Only one came through (after 20 days hopping from ship to ship). Not an elegant way to do the crossing, but an exiting story to read...

Hardcover with dust jacket
279 Seiten / pages
Maps and many photos and Illustrations
very good condition
Annapolis, Maryland - 1986 - Naval Institute Press
Art.Nr. 19196

Rosenstock, Jürgen
Erstausgabe

Mit Flugbooten, die von Katapultschiffen aus starteten, baute die Lufthansa die Luftpoststrecke über dem Südatlantik auf. Für Piloten und Flugzeuge war dieser erste planmäßige Trans-Ozean-Dienst eine große Herausforderung.
In diesem Buch schildert Jürgen Rosenstock detailliert die abenteuerlichen Expeditionen der Lufthansa zwischen 1934 und 1939. Zahlreiche zeitgenössische Illustrationen erinnern an eine der größten Pionierleistungen für die zivile Luftfahrt. Eine Zeittafel fasst die wichtigsten Südatlantik-Flüge bis 1939 zusammen.
Zum 75. Jubiläum der Deutschen Lufthansa leistet dieses Buch einen würdigen Beitrag.

Leinen mit Originalschutzumschlag - Großformat
127 Seiten / pages
viele z.T. seltene Fotos, Dokumente und Karten
sehr gut erhaltene Ausgabe
München - 2001 - GeraMond Verlag
Art.Nr. 25320

Walter, Friedrich
Biographie des Freiherrn von Hünefeld, Organisator und Besatzungsmitglied des ersten Fluges über den Atlantik von Ost nach West.

Der Flugpionier Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld (* 1. Mai 1892 in Königsberg; † 5. Februar 1929 in Berlin) war Initiator und Besatzungsmitglied des ersten Ost-West-Fluges über den Nordatlantik im Jahr 1928.
Unmittelbar nach seiner Rückkehr von dem erfolgreichen Nordatlantikflug erwarb von Hünefeld auch selbst die Pilotenlizenz, um bei seinem nächsten Projekt, einem Flug nach Tokio, auch selbst am Steuer seiner Maschine fliegen zu können. Trotz Krankheit trat er den Flug nach Tokio im September 1928 an. Es war sogar eine Pazifiküberquerung geplant gewesen. Diese kam aber wegen Verzögerungen des Fernost-Fluges, für den Hünefeld die Indienroute wählte, nicht mehr zustande. Von Hünefeld starb bald nach seiner Rückkehr nach Deutschland an den Folgen seiner Krankheit.

Leinen
203 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, unterer Einbandrand minimal lichtrandig
Potsdam - 1931 - Ernte-Verlag
Art.Nr. 666

newly bound in gray paper, large format
35 Seiten / pages
good condition
Lisbonne - 1927 - Imprimerie Nationale
Art.Nr. 13560

Alcock, Sir John - Whitten Brown, Sir Arthur
"Now first published in volume form"
The best book about mans first nonstop airplane flight across the North Atlantic. Original story by Alcock & Brown compiled by the brother of Alcock, Captain John Alcock, a pilot with 24.500 flight hours.

The first to fly the Atlantic non-stop, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown accomplished their historic flight fifty years ago in June, 1919, to win the .£10,000 offered by Lord Northcliffe six years before. Convinced by their experience in World War I, Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Whitten Brown were sure a British aircraft existed already capable of the long and hazardous flight: the Vickers Vimy biplane, powered by Rolls-Royce engines, triumphantly vindicated their belief.
Pioneers of a crossing which rapidly became one of the world's busiest air-routes, Our Transatlantic Flight tells in their own words how Alcock and Brown faced the difficulties and perils of their flight - a feat which was not to be repeated for eight years; a contemporary and authentic record of a great achievement.

Contents
Publishers note
Introduction by Captain John Alcock
PART I MY TRANSATLANTIC FLICHT - By Sir John Alcock
PART II FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS - By Sir Arthur Whitten Brown
Introduction By Lord Northcliffe
FLYING THE ATLANTIC IN SIXTEEN HOURS
ST. JOHN'S
THE START
Evening
Night
Morning
The Arrival
Aftermath of arrival
The Navogation of the Aircraft
The Future of Transatlantic Flight
The Air Age
PART III AS IT SEEMED AFTERWARDS - By Captain John Alcock
PART IV EARLIER VENTURE
OUR ATLANTIC ATTEMPT
By H. G. Hawker
APPENDIX
- THE ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINE

Hardcover with dust jacket
195 Seiten / pages
many photos and maps
excellent condition
London - 1969 - William Kimber
Art.Nr. 919

Hoorebeek, Albert van
Hier wird eines der schönsten und erregendsten Kapitel der Fliegerei und ihrer Geschichte mit aller nur wünschenswerten Sachlichkeit dargestellt und außerdem mit einer vollkommenen Objektivität gegenüber dem Anteil der verschiedenen Nationen. Die ersten Überquerungsversuche mit Flugzeugen begannen 1919 und waren durch die Fortschritte ermöglicht worden, die während des ersten Weltkrieges auf den verschiedenen Gebieten der Aeronautik erzielt worden waren.
Im dritten Jahrzehnt unseres Jahrhunderts folgten einander die Versuche, die oft noch mit unzulänglichen Mitteln unternommen wurden; ob sie nun erfolgreich verliefen oder nicht - sie machten alle die Art und das Ausmaß der Schwierigkeiten deutlich, die zu überwinden waren, und brachten die unerläßlichen Erfahrungen ein, die dann von den späteren Konkurrenten verwertet werden konnten…

Hardcover
147 Seiten / pages
viele Abbildungen
Stuttgart - 1968 - Schwabenverlag
Art.Nr. 614

von Poturzyn, Fischer
Erstausgabe.

Blauer Leineneinband mit silbern geprägter Schrift
239 Seiten / pages
mit 100 Fotos des Verfassers
Einband berieben und etwas fleckig, innen sehr gut erhalten.
München - 1934 - Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf.
Art.Nr. 11407

von Poturzyn, Fischer
Erstausgabe.

Blauer Leineneinband mit silbern geprägter Schrift
239 Seiten / pages
mit 100 Fotos des Verfassers
sehr gut erhaltenes, schönes Exemplar
München - 1934 - Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf.
Art.Nr. 1547

Hotson, Fred W.
First Edition, First printing.

THE flight of the German airplane Bremen from Europe to North America in 1928 was one of the milestones of aviation history. No one had flown the Atlantic in that direction and the risks were high - seven people had died in the attempt. When two Germans and an Irishman left Ireland in the Bremen for New York, there were predictions of a similar fate, and when nothing was heard after 40 hours, the newspapers began preparing obituaries of the gallant crew. Suddenly a message was relayed from a remote Canadian radio station: the aircraft had force-landed on an ice-bound island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ... and the race was on to reach the stranded flyers.
The Bremen story is an exciting drama of courage, humour and tragedy. All sorts of people found themselves drawn into the event, from the lighthouse keeper and his family, who watched in amazement as the aircraft landed almost at their front door, to presidents and prime ministers. There were the bush pilots who were first to reach the flyers, the mechanics who tried to repair the Bremen, ruthless reporters competing for a scoop, and Lindbergh making a mercy flight in an attempt to save the life of pilot Floyd Bennett. Small wonder an enthusiastic Journalist of those aviation-mad days called the Bremen episode "the greatest news story of all time."

Hardcover with dust jacket
224 Seiten / pages
photos and maps
very good condition
Toronto - 1988 - CANAV Books
Art.Nr. 20257

Hotson, Fred W.
First Edition, First printing, signed by the author with a dedication to "Mr. Bittner, Lufthansa - Archive".

THE flight of the German airplane Bremen from Europe to North America in 1928 was one of the milestones of aviation history. No one had flown the Atlantic in that direction and the risks were high - seven people had died in the attempt. When two Germans and an Irishman left Ireland in the Bremen for New York, there were predictions of a similar fate, and when nothing was heard after 40 hours, the newspapers began preparing obituaries of the gallant crew. Suddenly a message was relayed from a remote Canadian radio station: the aircraft had force-landed on an ice-bound island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ... and the race was on to reach the stranded flyers.
The Bremen story is an exciting drama of courage, humour and tragedy. All sorts of people found themselves drawn into the event, from the lighthouse keeper and his family, who watched in amazement as the aircraft landed almost at their front door, to presidents and prime ministers. There were the bush pilots who were first to reach the flyers, the mechanics who tried to repair the Bremen, ruthless reporters competing for a scoop, and Lindbergh making a mercy flight in an attempt to save the life of pilot Floyd Bennett. Small wonder an enthusiastic Journalist of those aviation-mad days called the Bremen episode "the greatest news story of all time."

Hardcover with dust jacket
224 Seiten / pages
photos and maps
very good condition
Toronto - 1988 - CANAV Books
Art.Nr. 16465

Bostock, Peter
Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic, during eight days in May 1969 an irrepressible cavalcade of self-styled adventurers raced between the top of the Empire State Building and the London Post Office Tower. Organized by the Daily Mail of London, with $144,000 in prizes donated for twenty-one separate categories, the race involved 390 competitors, the cooperation of the aviation industry, and the work of hundreds of volunteers interested in the future of air travel.
Humor, tension, cunning, and even sabotage marked many of the 349 attempts to cross the Atlantic in one direction or the other. Competitors used everything from regular airliners to light aircraft, from supersonic military jets to powered gliders. Though often only seconds separated the winners from the losers at the end of a 3500-mile dash, speed was not always essential. Six of the twenty-one prizes were for the most original and ingenious performances. As a result, in London and New York some competitors used hot-air balloons, Roman chariots, rickshaws, and vintage cars. Such novel forms of transport contrasted sharply with the 200 helicopters, 300 motor-cycles, sirenblaring ambulances, and a string of high-powered cars employed by the jet set.
The Royal Navy smashed the America-Britain world speed record three times; the Royal Air Force created a sensation by hopping from the city center of London in the jump-jet Harrier; and the progress of twenty-six light-aircraft entrants kept the world on tenterhooks äs violent storms broke out across their great circle route. Disaster stalked three light aircraft, but each competitor finished the race using a scheduled air service.
The author was one of the organizers of the event, and he provides intimate pen portraits of many key competitors and their attempts. He also highlights the lessons that emerged from the race which must be taken into ac-count if we are going to cope successfully with the problems of the jumbo and supersonic jets.

hardcover with dust jacket
224 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition, dust jacked with some tears at the top
New York - 1970 - William Morrow & Company
Art.Nr. 21434

de la Croix, Robert
First Great Britain Edition

Today great airliners cross the Atlantic with the regularity of trains. The service has become a commonplace - so much so that the daring and heroism of the pioneers who paved the way is already growing dim in the public mind.
Ask most people today who first flew the Atlantic, and you will probably get a wrong answer. For the record, it was two Englishmen, Alcock and Brown, in a converted Vickers-Vimy bomber - and such a long time elapsed before it was flown again (eight years) that their triumph was largely forgotten. And it was another Englishman, Major Scott, and his crew who first flew an airship to America and back - again years before the achievement was repeated.
But, of course, the final conquest of the Atlantic was the joint work of the flyers of many nations. An American named Wellman was the first to try - in an airship before the First World War. Two Germans (Baron von Huenefeld and Hermann Kohl) and an Irishman (Major Fitzmaurice) made the first East-West crossing. A young American, Charles A. Lindbergh, made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic.
Not all those who tried were successful, however, and many of them lost their lives: the gallant Frenchmen Nungesser and Coli; Hamilton, Minchin and Princess Loewenstein-Wertheim; Lloyd Bertaud, Hill and Payne; Tully and Metcalfe; the French ace Jean Mermoz - and all too many others. Some of them were experienced flyers with a sober purpose who ran into bad luck; others were irresponsible sensation-seekers. But all were men and women of high courage.
Robert de la Croix re-tells their story here, and it makes a thrilling and often heart-warming tale of extraordinary adventures, hair-breadth escapes, triumph, disaster - and ultimate victory.

Hardcover with dust jacket
225 Seiten / pages
many photos
good condition, book edge foxed
London - 1958 - Frederick Muller
Art.Nr. 279

Meisel, Christin
Erstausgabe.

1928 machten sich Hermann Köhl, James C. Fitzmaurice und Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld auf, erstmalig den Atlantik in Ost-West-Richtung zu überfliegen.
Trotz widriger Umstände und obwohl nur ein einmotoriges Flugzeug (Junkers W33 „Bremen") benutzt wurde, gelang der Versuch. Die New Yorker feierten die Besatzung mit einer riesigen Konfettiparade und die Bremer jubelten den drei Fliegern Tage später auf dem Marktplatz zu. Der Flug zeigte der Welt, daß Verkehrsfliegerei über Kontinente hinweg möglich ist. Er diente auf diese Weise der Völkerverständigung.
Über 60 Jahre später erinnerten sich einige Bremer der Pionierleistung und holten die Junkers W33 „Bremen" nach Bremen zurück. Das im Flughafen ausgestellte, mittlerweile restaurierte Flugzeug soll die Erinnerung an Pionierleistung und Völkerfreundschaft wachhalten.

softcover
109 Seiten / pages
viele seltene Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, neuwertig
Bremen - 1998 - Siepmann und Kurze Verlag
Art.Nr. 11824