Dimensions
159 x 235 x 25mm
Sixteen Dramatic Adventures That Changed History
Within a few miles of the famed chalk cliffs of Dover, horror-filled spectators gasped as a little plane they had been watching spun crazily, hopelessly out of control, toward the grassy meadow sixty-five feet below. Seconds later, the plane righted itself as it crashed to the soft turf. A jubilant Frenchman named Louis Bleriot looked up from the controls, eyes aglow. He had just completed man's first long-distance flight over water and stunned the world in 1909. This adventure, along with the daring exploits of many other pioneers of the air, is vividly described in Famous First Flights. Both Thomas and Thomas Jr. - who had active roles in three of the sixteen history-making flights- recount all the harrowing details of the aeronautical feats of daring that have thrilled the world.
