Description: Boeing Field, Washington, Images of Aviation, Paperback Even before there were runways, the area south of the city of Seattle was Washington's aviation hub. Charles Hamilton, a daredevil dubbed "Crazy Man of the Air," became the first flyer in the state when he coaxed his Curtiss biplane into the sky over Meadows Racetrack in 1910. He promptly crashed. With the help of William Boeing and his growing aviation company, Boeing Field opened in 1928. In those early days, brave air travelers could hitch a ride along with bags of mail in cold, noisy biplanes. Bigger, better aircraft soon followed, but wartime intervened. Thousands of Flying Fortress bombers emerged from Boeing's Plant 2 at the edge of the airfield and winged off to war. In the years after, Boeing Field served a dazzling array of winged machines--from the smallest Piper Cub to Air Force One.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738556154
Book Title: Boeing Field
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Cory Graff
Format: Perfect
Language: English
Topic: Aviation / Commercial, United States / State & Local / Pacific Northwest (Or, WA), Subjects & Themes / Aerial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Photography, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
