Eugene Ely, Daredevil Aviator

First Shipboard Landing and Takeoff

William M. Miller (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2014
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9677-8 (ISBN)

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Eugene Burton Ely was buried the day after his 25th birthday, less than a half-mile from where he was born. No sooner had he captured the world's eye and gained the fame he sought, than he crashed into the earth. Until 1911, the last year of his life, hardly anyone knew his name - a century later, nothing has changed. If he is known at all it's because he - an Iowa farm boy afraid of heights - was the first to land an airplane on the deck of a ship. The threads of Ely's life have been left dangling for too long.

To some, he is the father of naval aviation, the inspiration behind today's nuclear aircraft carriers - but many details of his life have been lost until now.

Former historian with the Southern Oregon Historical Society, William M. Miller is a reporter and history columnist for the Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune newspaper. He lives in Shady Cove, Oregon, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Homecoming

2. Macon, 1911

3. The Old York Hills

4. A New Century

5. Scorching Through the Countryside

6. The City of a Hundred Hills

7. 5:12 a.m.—April 18, 1906

8. Native Son and Daughter

9. Driving the Right People

10. Racing Cross-Country

11. Challenging the Wrights

12. Dominguez

13. Wemme Wants a Prizewinner

14. Crowds Will Flock

15. “I was fascinated with the idea of flying”

16. On the Road to Curtiss

17. O, Canada

18. “Scrape that golden lining”

19. “A warm corner in the heart of Father Knickerbocker”

20. “Plucky pioneer conqueror of the air”

21. “There’s your trouble, Gene”

22. “The ease of a swallow and the speed of an express train”

23. Bleak Days at Belmont

24. A Little Man with an Aero-Eye and the Plucky Little Woman Beside Him

25. “He flew off with the greatest ease”

26. Balmy Southern Skies

27. Scientific Suicide

28. A Platform for the Pennsylvania

29. Two Days Out of Ten

30. Waiting for a Rainbow

31. “Easier than I thought”

32. “Best girl”

33. “The noble art”

34. Good Luck Charm

35. Land of Salt and Snow

36. Flitting Along

37. The Wayward Winds

38. Sailing Air and Sea

39. Redemption on an Oregon Trail

40. Over the Rockies

41. A Very Busy Month

42. “We are merely circus performers”

43. Not for $50,000

44. “Fate handed me this bump”

45. “He was just Ely”

46. Beginning the Afterlife

47. “They’re all gone now”

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	24 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
ISBN-10	0-7864-9677-0 / 0786496770
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-9677-8 / 9780786496778
Zustand	Neuware