They Flew the Bendix Race The History of the Competition for the Bendix Trophy
Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1965. Quarto, two-tone cover with emerald-green cloth spine and ochre-yellow boards, spine printed with white lettering, cover embossed with a stamp showing a tree and 1792, 198 pp., frontispiece, illustrated with 29 double-sided black-and-white plates of photographs. Spine ends bumped and rubbed, very light foxing on page edges, dust-jacket spine ends worn and torn without loss of text, small tear on tail edge of dust-jacket's front cover without loss of text; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Part of the Airmen and Aircraft series, this volume details the history of the infamous Bendix Race, which ran from 1931 to 1962. A huge challenge for aviators, the race attracted the best flyers in America and demanded they employ every ounce of endurance and know-how they could muster. Some of the early competitors, including Jimmy Doolittle, Roscoe Turner, Amelia Earhardt and Laura Ingalls, led the country in aviation development during the Depression. Item #4757
"Dent" is written in pen on top of the front free endpaper.
Price (AUD): $70.00