Skyward: Man's Mastery of the Air as shown by the brilliant Flights of America's Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Arctic by Air

Skyward
Man's Mastery of the Air as shown by the brilliant Flights of America's Leading Air Explorer. His Life, his thrilling Adventures, his North Pole and Trans-Atlantic Flights, together with his Plans for Conquering the Arctic by Air
Byrd, Richard Evelyn (Commander U.S. Navy (Ret.))
First Edition, First Printing

Richard Evelyn Byrd, later a great organizer of huge expeditions to Antarctca, is seen here telling about his road to fame culminating in his North Pole Flight from 1926 with the three engined Fokker "Josephine Ford" (Pilot was Floyd Bennett) and his Trans-Atlantik flight in 1927 ( after Lindberghs crossing) with the three engined "America" (Pilot was Bernt Balchen).

Blue cloth binding with gold lettering
359 Seiten / pages
Illustrated with maps and photos
inside very good condition, small tear on top of spine
New York - London - 1928 - G.P. Putnam´s Sons
Art.Nr. 263