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Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 3
Description
" In 1924 the U.S. Army sent eight young men on a bold attempt to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by flight. Men from five other countries--Great Britain, France, Portugal, Italy, and Argentina--had the same goal, and so the quest became a race. Who would win?"--Jacket.
An account of the 1924 race between six nations to be the first to circumnavigate the globe by airplane describes the efforts of the U.S. team as they struggled to overcome...
2) Voyager
Author
Pub. Date
[1987]
Description
The story of the two air pilots who were the first to fly a plane around the world nonstop without refueling.
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
"In July 1900, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin conducted the maiden flight of the world's first zeppelin. The trip lasted eighteen minutes and the airship reached a cruising speed of eight miles an hour. Among those watching the historic event was a young reporter named Hugo Eckener, who would go on to play a crucial role in the zeppelin's development, becoming first the count's aide and later his successor. In 1929, Eckener earned a lasting place in...
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