Canada's Flying Heritage / / Frank Ellis.

This book not only records the significant events of Canadian aviation but also pays tribute to the 'forgotten flyers who flew by guess and by God or with calculating caution - for the sheer love of flying - in the early days.' 'Pioneers of the Air' recounts the first tentative e...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1980
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Heritage
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Physical Description:1 online resource (398 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Publisher's note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1. Pioneers of the Air, 1907-1914
  • 2. The Barnstormers, 1906-1914
  • 3. The War Years, 1914-1918
  • 4. The Dollar-A-Minute Days, 1919-1920
  • 5. Annihilating Time and Space, 1919-1926
  • 6. Northward into the Bush and Snow 1919-1929
  • 7. For Fame and Fun, 1927-
  • 8. Wings at Work, 1927-
  • Appendixes
  • Index