Aviators American Profiles

Presents biographical profiles of 11 fliers who shaped the history of aviation, from the advent of the airplane to the dawn of the space age: Wilbur and Orville Wright; Glenn Curtiss; Eddie Rickenbacker; Billy Mitchell; Charles Lindbergh; Amelia Earhart; Bernt Balchen; Jacqueline Cochran; Henry Arnold; and Chuck Yeager. The eight lives profiled in this volume span the first 44 years of the history of aviation in America -- from the invention of the airplane in 1903 to the breaking of the sound barrier in 1947. The first reference of its kind designed with the needs of middle-school and high-school students in mind. Illustrated.Rosenbaum, Robert is the author of 'Aviators American Profiles' with ISBN 9780788169328 and ISBN 0788169327.