The Pulitzer Air Races: American aviation and speed supremacy, 1920-1925
"This book about the Pulitzer Trophy Air Races highlights businessmen, generals and admirals who saw racing as a way to drive aviation progress, designers and manufacturers who produced record-breaking racers, and dashing pilots. It emphasizes roles played by host communities and analyzes the P...
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Jefferson, North Carolina
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2013
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| Summary: | "This book about the Pulitzer Trophy Air Races highlights businessmen, generals and admirals who saw racing as a way to drive aviation progress, designers and manufacturers who produced record-breaking racers, and dashing pilots. It emphasizes roles played by host communities and analyzes the Pulitzers' importance and why their story has languished in obscurity for 85 years"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index The Pulitzer Trophy, "a perpetual prize for annual closed circuit air races" -- With a bang : three dozen airplanes fly the first Pulitzer race, Mitchel Field, Long Island, November 25 -- A close-run event and narrow victory: a Curtiss racer built for the Navy wins the second Pulitzer, North Field, Omaha, November 3 -- Army Curtiss racers come out on top in the Pulitzer, and a general sets a world speed record, Selfridge Field, Michigan, October 14 -- The greatest show of all, Lambert Field, St. Louis, Missouri, October 6 -- Dayton, disappointment, and death, Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, October 4 -- Back to the origin, Mitchel Field, Long Island, New York, October 12 -- "Perpetual" dies with a whimper -- Pulitzer legacies |
| Physical Description: | x, 238 S. Ill., graph. Darst. |
| ISBN: | 9780786471003 |
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