The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton

From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon

Benjamin J. Burns (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2012
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-6447-0 (ISBN)

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Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.

The late Benjamin J. Burns was a professor and director of the journalism program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a former executive editor of the Detroit News.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue

1. In the Beginning

2. November 10, 1888, to February 12, 1908—Van Wert, Ohio

3. And See the World

4. June 1917 to May 8, 1919

5. Chatham, Massachusetts, Chatham Naval Air Station

6. With the NC-1 and NC-3

7. May 16–17, 1919, Aboard the NC-4

8. May 16–17, 1919, Aboard the NC-1

9. May 16–20, 1919, Aboard the NC-3

10. Brits Fly for Honor: March 28, 1919–May 18, 1919

11. British Bombers Compete: May 13–26, 1919

12. Lisbon and Beyond

13. Ballooning into Canada

14. Hopping Down to Rio

15. Exploring the Amazon Basin

16. Hinton the Celebrity

17. Touring the Country for the Exchange Clubs and Beyond

Epilogue

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	22 photos, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	345 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
ISBN-10	0-7864-6447-X / 078646447X
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-6447-0 / 9780786464470
Zustand	Neuware