Skymen: Heroes Of Fifty Years Of Flying
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: good. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
In the golden age of aviation, a handful of extraordinary men dared to defy gravity and reshape the boundaries of human possibility — Skymen: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying chronicles the lives and exploits of the daring pioneers who transformed flight from a dream into a defining force of the modern world. Larry Forrester presents a sweeping panorama of aviation history, profiling the courageous individuals — from barnstormers and record-breakers to wartime aces — who staked their lives on fragile machines and sheer audacity across five decades of flight. Forrester, himself the author of the celebrated Fly for Your Life, brings his hallmark narrative vigour and meticulous research to bear, rendering each subject with vivid immediacy and deep admiration. The work stands as both a tribute and a historical document, illuminating the technical ingenuity, personal sacrifice, and indomitable spirit that underpinned aviation's most formative era. For those captivated by the men behind the machines, this volume asks a compelling question: what separates a pilot from a legend?
Author: Larry Forrester
Format: Hardback
Published: 1967, Collins: London and Glasgow
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: good. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact, no loose pages.
In the golden age of aviation, a handful of extraordinary men dared to defy gravity and reshape the boundaries of human possibility — Skymen: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying chronicles the lives and exploits of the daring pioneers who transformed flight from a dream into a defining force of the modern world. Larry Forrester presents a sweeping panorama of aviation history, profiling the courageous individuals — from barnstormers and record-breakers to wartime aces — who staked their lives on fragile machines and sheer audacity across five decades of flight. Forrester, himself the author of the celebrated Fly for Your Life, brings his hallmark narrative vigour and meticulous research to bear, rendering each subject with vivid immediacy and deep admiration. The work stands as both a tribute and a historical document, illuminating the technical ingenuity, personal sacrifice, and indomitable spirit that underpinned aviation's most formative era. For those captivated by the men behind the machines, this volume asks a compelling question: what separates a pilot from a legend?