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The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton Benjamin J. Burns Product Details Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Mcfarland (January 10, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 078646447X ISBN-13: 978-0786464470 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches |
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Book Description: from AMAZON.COM Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered. About the Author Benjamin J. Burns is a professor and director of the journalism program at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and a former executive editor of the Detroit News. |
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