The Spirit of St. Louis
Lindbergh, Charles A.
First UK edition. "The best aviation book ever" (Carl E. Ranman) Charles A. Lindbergh very best book about his historic flight across the North Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927. (Carl E. Ranman). Lindbergh received the Pulitzer Price for this book. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part I - The Craft l. The St. Louis-Chicago Mail II. New York III. San Diego IV. Across the Continent V. Roosevelt Field Part II - New York oo Paris VI. New York to Paris Afterword Appendix We Engineering Data on the Spirit of St Louis by DONALD A. HALL Specifications and General Description of the Whirlwind Engine by KENNETH M. LANE Glossary CHARLES LINDBERGH'S story of die preparation and culmination of his 33 hour flight alone from New York to Paris in a single-engined aeroplane in May, 1927, is much more than an autobiograpliical record with the excitement of the individual epic in the foreground and the plaudits and cheers of the crowd as the background. It is a record of a man's dedication, in modern terms, to technical achievement, coupled with the ranging of an integrity that accepted the crossing of the Atlantic as a supreme moment of personal expression. His childhood, his early years of flying, 'barnstorming ' and wing-jumping, and later his pioneer work of flying-in the mail at great hazards are so described that they converge upon die great moment of his decision to fly alone to Europe. "The details of the complicated issues involved, financial backing, complex technical problems arising out of so long a flight, the design and building of the plane itself, are given with admirable directness and honesty, and the excitement mounts through disappointment and set-backs, through the anxiety and the apprehension that other flyers would be away before him, until the momentous flight is launched and the reader is in the sky on terms of vivid intimacy with the pilot. The autobiography has a gripping immediacy. The account of the actual flight reveals Colonel Charles Lindbergh's full, constructive mind reliving his vivid exploit with almost passionate clarity. He does this as an hour by hour log and enriches it with invaluable technical data and the candour of a fully accepted experience that makes his arrival at Le Bourget a fitting climax to his book, and rounds of with glory the pioneer who left New York in faith and arrived in France in absolute fulfilment.
hardcover with dust jacket
531 Seiten / pages
photos and illustrations
good condition, dustjacket with tears at the edges
London - 1953 - John Murray
Art.Nr. 143
