Into the Blue: American Writing on Aviation and Spaceflight
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (544 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1598531085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 750 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. Corn, editor, is a social and cultural historian who taught at Stanford University. Joseph J. He is the author of The Winged Gospel: America's Romance with Aviation and User Unfriendly: Consumer Struggles with Personal Technologies, from Clocks and Sewing Machines to Cars and Computers
Into the Blue revisits the remarkable trajectory of Americans in air and space, gathering sixty of the best eyewitness and participant narratives from Benjamin Franklin's letters on the first hot air balloons to Chris Jones's account of being marooned on the International Space Station. recounts his mishaps as an amateur pilot; Wernher von Braun envisions a space station of the future, while astronauts John Glenn, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin provide firsthand recollections of the conquest of space. Here are those who made flight happen: Orville and Wilbur Wright, self-taught pioneers whose homespun invention stunned the world; World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker, whose memoirs (excerpted here for the first time in unedited form) describe the frightening novelties of aerial combat; and daredevils like Texas barnstormer Slats Rodgers and test pilot Jimmy Collins. Buckley Jr. Here too, among many other subjects, are scenes and episodes in the development of commercial aviation, from the hiring of the first stewardesses and the high stress lives of air traffic controllers to the new ubiquity of what Walter Kirn calls "Airworld." A thirty-two-page insert offers photographs,
Dip in anywhere and enjoy!" — Tom Crouch, National Air and Space Museum. "A rich sampling of the best accounts of the thrill of flight from those who fly, and those who only dream of it
"A trip down Air & Space Memory Lane" according to Jonathan H. Proctor. As one who reads at bedtime, I prefer books that feature short chapters. Utilizing this style, Joe Corn provides a series of air and space vignettes, from the early balloon era to modern space flight and everything in between. Each is made up of excerpts from a classic book, thoughtfully introduced with a short bio of the chapter's aut. "Great read!" according to Sky210pilot. I've been a private pilot for over thirty years. I read a chapter or two during my lunch break and was sad when I was done that there weren't more stories to read. If you like aviation and the space program - these are great stories because they relate first hand experience.. J. Corn said A 'Readers' Digest' review of American writing, balloons to spacecraft. Although the brother of the editor, I had nothing to do with his job nor am I promoting royalty collections, as he was a fixed fee editor. As he is, I'm a lifelong aviation buff, who also had my first ride as a Cub Scout, with the father of a pack member. As an Air Force officer, I spent hundreds of hours in C-5A 'Readers' Digest' review of American writing, balloons to spacecraft J. Corn Although the brother of the editor, I had nothing to do with his job nor am I promoting royalty collections, as he was a fixed fee editor. As he is, I'm a lifelong aviation buff, who also had my first ride as a Cub Scout, with the father of a pack member. As an Air Force officer, I spent hundreds of hours in C-54s (often in the right s. s (often in the right s