Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Ryan, Jason
Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Ryan, Jason

Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific

Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a...
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Author: Jason Ryan
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Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Ryan, Jason

Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific

BD$40.38
Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific by Ryan, Jason

Race to Hawaii: The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific

BD$40.38
Author: Jason Ryan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Today, a trip to Hawaii is a simple six-hour flight from the West Coast, but almost a century ago, it was a nerve-wracking and twenty-six-hour journey across 2,400 miles of the open Pacific. Race to Hawaii chronicles the thrilling first flights during the Golden Age of Aviation, a time when new airplanes traveled farther and faster but were also unreliable, fragile, and hampered by primitive air navigation equipment. The US Navy tried first, sending flying boats winging toward the islands. Next came Army Air Corps aviators and a civilian pilot, who informally raced each other to Hawaii in the weeks after Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic to land the Spirit of St. Louis in Paris.
Finally came the Dole Derby, an unprecedented 1927 air race in which eight planes set off at once across the Pacific, all eager to 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, from fuel shortages to failed engines, forced sea landings and severe fatigue to navigational errors. 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.

Author: Jason Ryan
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 08/01/2018
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780912777252


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/18/2018
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2018
Booklist 07/01/2018 pg. 8

About the Author
Jason Ryan is the author of Jackpot: High Times, High Seas, and the Sting That Launched the War on Drugs and Hell-Bent: One Man's Crusade to Crush the Hawaiian Mob.
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