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Book

The early days of aviation in Grand Rapids

Call Number

  • H 629.13 B427 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2012.

Physical Description

160 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Notes

Includes index.

Contents

  • Preface: Glancing Back and Looking Up
  • The Start of It All
  • How Things Looked from Up There
  • A Nice Try
  • First to Zoom over the City
  • A Few Chills for a Newsman
  • Barnstormer, Bootlegger and Battler for Survival
  • Flying at the Fair
  • A Flying Field and a National First
  • Lindy Lands
  • Mom's Ride Home
  • Fairs and Circuses, Comings and Goings
  • Whispering Wings
  • Buying a Bomber
  • When Whirlybirds First Flew
  • All from a Mess in the Icebox
  • All-out for the Allies
  • Flying to Freedom
  • Children of Dust.

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