Hunting the Wind
eBook - ePub

Hunting the Wind

Pan American World Airways' Epic Flying Boat Era, 1929–1946

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Hunting the Wind

Pan American World Airways' Epic Flying Boat Era, 1929–1946

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 In the Beginning
  9. Chapter 2 Movers & Shakers
  10. Chapter 3 Paving the Way: The Voyages of the SS North Haven
  11. Chapter 4 The Debut of the China Clipper
  12. Chapter 5 Nuts & Bolts
  13. Chapter 6 The Long Way Home: A Flight into History
  14. Chapter 7 Rescue from Noumea
  15. Chapter 8 Flying Boat Memoirs
  16. Chapter 9 Pan Am at War
  17. Chapter 10 The Art Deco Era of Pan Am Terminals
  18. Chapter 11 The Dreamboats: Flying in Style
  19. Chapter 12 Flying Back in Time
  20. Chapter 13 Off the Beaten Track: A Museum Like No Other
  21. Epilogue
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index