China Clipper: The Age Of The Great Flying Boats
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:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Before the jet age shrank the world into a blur of contrails and departure lounges, a breed of magnificent winged ships ruled the skies over the Pacific — and none were more legendary than the Pan American flying boats known as the China Clippers. China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats chronicles the daring story of Pan American Airways' audacious mission to conquer the vast Pacific Ocean in the 1930s, tracing the engineering marvels, the visionary pioneers, and the courageous crews who transformed a seemingly impossible dream into one of aviation's most triumphant chapters. Robert L. Gandt transports readers into the cramped cockpits and luxurious passenger cabins of the Boeing 314 and Martin M-130 flying boats, painting a vivid portrait of an era when ocean crossings were measured not in hours but in days of island-hopping adventure across Midway, Wake, and Guam. Gandt, himself a seasoned aviator and accomplished narrative historian, brings an insider's authority and a storyteller's precision to this sweeping account, seamlessly weaving together corporate ambition, geopolitical tension, and personal heroism. China Clipper stands as a definitive tribute to a golden age of aviation that produced some of the most breathtaking machines and audacious men the skies have ever known — and it leaves the reader wondering what other forgotten wonders of human ingenuity are waiting to be rediscovered.
Author: Robert L. Gandt
Format: Hardback
Genre: Transport & automotive
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Before the jet age shrank the world into a blur of contrails and departure lounges, a breed of magnificent winged ships ruled the skies over the Pacific — and none were more legendary than the Pan American flying boats known as the China Clippers. China Clipper: The Age of the Great Flying Boats chronicles the daring story of Pan American Airways' audacious mission to conquer the vast Pacific Ocean in the 1930s, tracing the engineering marvels, the visionary pioneers, and the courageous crews who transformed a seemingly impossible dream into one of aviation's most triumphant chapters. Robert L. Gandt transports readers into the cramped cockpits and luxurious passenger cabins of the Boeing 314 and Martin M-130 flying boats, painting a vivid portrait of an era when ocean crossings were measured not in hours but in days of island-hopping adventure across Midway, Wake, and Guam. Gandt, himself a seasoned aviator and accomplished narrative historian, brings an insider's authority and a storyteller's precision to this sweeping account, seamlessly weaving together corporate ambition, geopolitical tension, and personal heroism. China Clipper stands as a definitive tribute to a golden age of aviation that produced some of the most breathtaking machines and audacious men the skies have ever known — and it leaves the reader wondering what other forgotten wonders of human ingenuity are waiting to be rediscovered.