L.A. birdmen West Coast aviators and the first airshow in America
Book - 2024
"In this soaring history, author Richard J. Goodrich uncovers the neglected story of early American aviation and the California School of flight -- none of them named Wright -- whose disciples left lasting impacts still felt in the air today"--
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- Subjects
- Published
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Essex, Connecticut :
Prometheus Books
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- vi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781493084395
- Part I. The Birth of West Coast Aviation
- 1. A Lamp Beneath a Bushel Basket
- 2. The California Eagle
- 3. Enter Captain Tom, Stage Left
- 4. A Competition on the Rocks
- 5. Roy Knabenshue
- 6. Like an Arrow from a Bow
- 7. Ughter-than-Air
- 8. Wings Over Santa Clara
- 9. Baldwin V. Montgomery
- 10. Toledo Airship No. 1
- 11. Knabenshue Conquers New York
- 12. Icarus Falls
- 13. Lighter-Than-Air Ascendant: The Gordon Bennett Race
- Part II. The Flightiest City
- 14. The Aero Club of California
- 15. Aviation Promoter
- 16. The Los Angeles Balloon Race
- 17. Redemption
- 18. Knabenshue and Zerbe
- Part III. The Los Angeles International Aviation Meet
- 19. Reims Changed All That
- 20. A Show Is Born
- 21. A Wright Dustup
- 22. Opening Day
- 23. Sensation After Sensation, Thrill After Thrill
- 24. Pedaling to the Show
- 25. A New World, a New Era
- 26. The Progress of Transportation
- Acknowledgments
- Notes