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Aeronautics Competitions History 20th century Aeronautics Records Air pilots Air pilots Biography Air pilots United States Biography Earhart, Amelia 1897-1937 Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974 Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane) Transatlantic flights Transatlantic flights History 20th centuryBurleigh, Robert.
Summary: An account of Amelia Earhart's dangerous 1932 flight across the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Ireland, in which she survived bad weather and a malfunctioning airplane. Includes a brief biography of the aviator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J629.1309 BURBak, Richard
Summary: "The trans-Atlantic air race of 1927 and the flight that made Charles Lindbergh a hero. The race to make the first nonstop flight between the New York and Paris attracted some of the most famous and seasoned aviators of the day, yet it was the young and lesser known Charles Lindbergh who won the $25,000 Orteig Prize in 1927 for his history-making solo flight in the Spirit of St. Louis. Drawing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.13 BAKMcCarry, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.133 MCCLindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus)
Summary: Lindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 LINJackson, Joe
Summary: "A fast-paced, dynamic account of the race to cross the Atlantic, and the larger-than-life personalities of the aviators who captured the world's attention In 1919, a prize of $25,000 was offered to the first aviator to cross the Atlantic in either direction between France and America. Although it was one of the most coveted prizes in the world, it sat unclaimed (not without efforts) for eight...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629 JACPisano, Dominick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, in association with Harry N. Abrams 2002