Flying the Frontiers (Volume 2) [Hardcover]

Shirlee Smith Matheson (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1550591312 | ISBN-13: 978-1550591316 | Publication Date: 1996 | Edition: 1

Accompany Shirlee Smith Matheson on more flying adventures with the daring frontiersmen of aviation. From bush pilots who flew for the love of it to military and corporate career flyers, from inventors to engineers, their stories tell Canada's story and show the impact aviation has had on our county and on the North in particular. Readers will meet an Oblate priest who flew throughout Canada's North; a woman in her eighties who thought nothing of flying solo from Alberta to Kansas and Vermont; a tail-gunner whose poignant story lends special insight into what Canada is all about; and an Alberta family whose flying machine matched discoveries made by the Wright brothers; a man who pioneered the use of helicopters in the North; and a pilot who guided his aircraft down the Mackenzie River with dynamite caps held between his knees.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Detselig Enterprises; 1 edition (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550591312
• ISBN-13: 978-1550591316
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,301,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)