Chasing Icarus : the seventeen days in 1910 that forever changed American aviation /: the seventeen days in 1910 that forever changed American aviation. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gavin Mortimer.
• Other Names: Mortimer, Gavin
• Contents: It's Europe or bust -- Let's stick by the ship -- A sort of bleeding to death -- Will launch lifeboats and trust to you -- We are in bad country and grave danger -- Progress slow and exhausting -- Wait until Orville comes -- An epoch-making event -- Tears started to our eyes -- A death trap -- Here are two men in a boat --Are you these gentlemen? -- There's always a chimney for a man to hang on to -- I'll be able to give the Wrights a good race -- I'm not hurt much but I want a long rest -- It isn't true, it can't be true! -- My disgust at this betrayal.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (307 pages, [16] pages of plates), illustrations, plan
• Subjects: 629.1309; History -- United States -- 20th Century; Aeronautics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Flight -- History -- 20th century; Aeronautics; Flight; Transportation -- Aviation -- History; Military history; United States; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780802719607; 0802719600
• Related ISBNs: 080271711X; 9780802717115
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.