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Hunting the wind : Pan American World Airways' epic flying boat era, 1929-1946 / an anthology compiled and edited by Teresa Webber & Jamie Dodson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Atglen, Penn. : Schiffer Publishing, 2018.Description: 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0764355414
  • 9780764355417
Subject(s):
Contents:
In the beginning ; Introducing Pan Am's flying boats -- Movers & shakers -- Paving the way: the voyages of the SS North Haven -- The debut of the China Clipper -- Nuts & bolts -- The Long way home: a flight into history -- Rescue from Noumea -- Flying boat memoirs -- Pan Am at war -- The art deco era of Pan Am terminals -- The dreamboats: flying in style -- Flying back in time -- Off the beaten track: a museum like no other.
Subject: Included "never-before-told true stories penned by still-living flight crew members and passengers ... about the remarkable men, women, and aircraft builders who launched an aviation phenomenon ... [the] extraordinary point in global history when Pan American's quintessentially magnificent flying boats ruled the skies.--Front flap of dust jacket.
List(s) this item appears in: 2023 National Aviation Week
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 387.7065 H948 Available 33111009295227
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Take your seats, and by all means, fasten your seat belts! Come on a journey back in time to aviation's most daring and innovative era. Travel back nine decades, when for the first time, airplanes determined the victors of global wars--a time that altered the course of the world. Hear never-before-told true stories penned by still-living flight crew members and passengers. Learn about the remarkable men, women, and aircraft builders who launched an aviation phenomenon. Thrill to the romance, adventure, and danger air travelers encountered flying to far-flung, exotic lands. Marvel at art deco air terminals, the world's only flying-boat museum, and onboard luxuries rivaling five-star hotels. Like mythical Camelot, it was a brief, shining moment. But this was no myth. It was an extraordinary point in global history when Pan American's quintessentially magnificent flying boats ruled the skies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173) and index.

Included "never-before-told true stories penned by still-living flight crew members and passengers ... about the remarkable men, women, and aircraft builders who launched an aviation phenomenon ... [the] extraordinary point in global history when Pan American's quintessentially magnificent flying boats ruled the skies.--Front flap of dust jacket.

In the beginning ; Introducing Pan Am's flying boats -- Movers & shakers -- Paving the way: the voyages of the SS North Haven -- The debut of the China Clipper -- Nuts & bolts -- The Long way home: a flight into history -- Rescue from Noumea -- Flying boat memoirs -- Pan Am at war -- The art deco era of Pan Am terminals -- The dreamboats: flying in style -- Flying back in time -- Off the beaten track: a museum like no other.

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