A Dream of Pilots
Philip Handleman
- "An
- evocative
- and
- insightful
- look
- at
- the
- history
- of
- flight
- written
- from
- the
- perspective
- of
- the
- history-makers
- themselves."
- --Dr.
- Richard
- P.
- Hallion,
- Verville
- Fellow,
- Smithsonian
- InstitutionPresenting
- the
- lives
- of
- more
- than
- twenty
- aviation
- luminaries
- from
- throughout
- history,
- this
- middle
- reader
- is
- a
- captivating
- celebration
- of
- man's
- aspirations
- for
- the
- skies.
- From
- the
- story
- of
- the
- Wright
- brothers
- to
- that
- of
- Alan
- Shepard,
- Jr.,
- the
- author,
- himself
- an
- experienced
- pilot,
- introduces
- young
- readers
- to
- the
- history
- of
- modern
- flight
- and
- the
- inspiring
- figures
- who
- followed
- their
- dreams
- to
- navigate
- over
- vast
- oceans,
- set
- altitude
- and
- speed
- records,
- pioneer
- stunt
- techniques,
- and
- eventually
- rocket
- into
- the
- great
- abyss
- of
- space.Both
- children
- and
- adult
- readers
- learn
- about
- Roscoe
- Turner,
- air
- racer
- and
- showman,
- who
- started
- by
- flying
- stunts
- in
- the
- movie
- Hell's
- Angels
- and
- went
- on
- to
- clock
- an
- average
- speed
- of
- 283.4
- miles
- per
- hour,
- a
- new
- record
- of
- his
- time.
- Igor
- Sikorsky
- from
- Russia
- made
- his
- first
- helicopter
- at
- age
- twelve
- with
- a
- rubber
- band,
- but
- by
- the
- time
- he
- was
- an
- adult,
- he
- had
- created
- the
- Sikorsky
- XR-4,
- the
- army's
- first
- practical helicopter.
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