First World Flight: The Odyssey of Billy Mitchell
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1456599941 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Best book I ever read I am a pilot. When I am not in an airplane I like to read about airplanes and the people who fly them. This book deliveries on those counts as I suspected it would. The huge reward and great surprise was the amazing craftsmanship of the author. Spencer Lane says more in a sentence than most others can say in a chapter and says it in a way that makes you pause for a meditative moment. His use of language is surpassed only by Shakespeare. If you admire good writing and are charmed by the telling of a great story. A man helped foster a new era in American aviation history Midwest Book Review Early American pilot Billy Mitchell's accomplishments don't end with a single flight: he assembled the world's largest air armada and led it to victory during the first World War, among many other achievements. He was a general who believed only successful world flight could save the American Air Force from destruction by politicians, and he helped foster a new era in American aviation history, almost single-handedly. First World Flight is his story. Highly recommended.. Frank said Outstanding. Folks,This book is outstanding. The author first focuses on the exploits of Billy Mitchell and his trial and tribulations as he tried to overcome the entrenched view of the "old school" military and their biases against aviation as a military weapon. He then shifts to the First World Flight and the pilots who flew this historic journey. Spencer Lane does a good job of keeping the excitement up while showing the difficulties and issues that these explorers had to face. I highly recommend this book for all peopl
. Historian Spencer Lane has flown 10,000 hours over much of the world in aircraft ranging from Biplanes to Jets and holds Airline Transport and Commercial Pilot Licenses. and set new Transcontinental speed records in single and multi-engine aircraft. He made the first recorded non-stop turboprop crossing of the U.S. Over 15 years of research,
--Jack Elliott - N.J. They had covered 26,445 miles in 363 hours and seven minutes. In the course of the flight they suffered broken oil lines, exploding cylinders, blown engines and damaged pontoons. The fliers landed back in Seattle on Sept. One odyssey is Billy Mitchell's and Lane ably relates the genuinely heroic accomplishments of Mitchell's early military career, as a member of the signal corps, and later, in World War 1 flying borrowed French planes fearlessly of the sinuous front lines, spotting for artillery and gathering intelligence for the use of the American Military. It's at least as much of a biography of the late General Billy Mitchell as it is about the first ever completed flight around the world. Their compatriots flew on encountering every type of adv
The incredible untold story of the first flight around the World in 1924 and a biography of the most controversial military officer ever, General Billy Mitchell, who saved military aviation from destruction by the politicians.