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Race to Hawaii
Jason Ryan
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The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific
出版Chicago Review Press, 2018-08-01
主題History / Expeditions & DiscoveriesHistory / United States / 20th Century
ISBN09127772739780912777276
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=K9E2DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A thrilling account, Race to Hawaii chronicles the first flights to Hawaii in the 1920s, during the Golden Age of Aviation. These journeys were fraught with danger. To reach the tiny islands, fearless pilots flew unreliable and fragile aircraft outfitted with primitive air navigation equipment. The Dole Derby was an unprecedented 1927 air race in which eight planes set off at once across the Pacific, all eager to reach the islands first and claim a cash prize offered by "Pineapple King" James Dole. Military men, barnstormers, a schoolteacher, a Wall Street bond salesman, a Hollywood stunt flyer and veteran World War aces all encountered every type of hazard during their perilous flights. With so many pilots taking aim at the far-flung islands in so many different types of planes, everyone wondered who would reach Hawaii first, or at all.