Skyward - Man''s Mastery of the Air

Informationen zum Autor Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., (1888-1957) was a pioneering scientific explorer of the Antarctic continent and rear admiral in the United States Navy. He completed one of the first trans-Atlantic flights and flights to the North and South Poles. Byrd was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for heroism given by the United States. Klappentext Skyward is as much the memoir of great American explorer Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr. as it is a fascinating narrative of America's early aviation history, much of which Byrd shaped with his explorations as a naval pilot and pioneering scientist. Byrd's outsized ambition has inspired generations to dare to push technological limits in order to achieve things greater than themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.05.2015
• EAN: 9781442241725
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4172-5
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Admiral Byrd Classics; Admiral Byrd Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel; Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; USA, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / General, 20th Century, TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure, Expeditions, Memoirs, TRAVEL / United States / General, Expeditions: popular accounts, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Aircraft and aviation, Aircraft: general interest, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs