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Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939, Vol. 1: San Francisco Bay Area is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Area. Historian Allen Herr recalls the aviation pioneers who flew weekly exhibitions promoting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition fifteen months prior to its San Francisco opening. These pioneers formed flying schools, built airports, manufactured aircraft, and competed against each other. Herr captures the energy behind the Bay Area aviation movement, tells who was involved, and describes the effects of their extraordinary determination and achievements. This edition replaces Herr's Wooden Wings over the Golden Gate with a new cover, ISBN and some wording. It is one of three in Herr's series of Aviation in Northern California 1910-1939.
About the author
Allen Herr performed as a professional musician while running a family business for four decades. He has written articles on early
aviation for Air Enthusiast Quarterly, the American Aviation Historical Society Journal, and Northern California historical societies. Herr has flown over eighteen hundred hours as a private pilot of which nearly a tenth were flying aerobatics. A member of the International Aerobatic Club, Herr achieved his Sportsman with Stars Certificate in competition. He has belonged to the Experimental Aircraft Association and the American Aviation Historical Society nearly forty-five years. Herr is a member of the National Air-racing Group. He's attended Air Race Week at Reno National Air Races since it began in 1964.
Allen Herr lives near Yuba City, California, with his wife Kathe (also a pilot and author) and their children Bella and Skeezix.
