Author: COLE, DUANE
Title: Roll Around a Point
Description: Milwaukee, WI: Ken Cook Company, 1976. Revised Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "After the war ended, some of these pilots used the skills they had mastered by barnstorming to earn a living, traveling across the country performing stunts and providing rides. [1] It was helpful that the US government was selling plentiful now-surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny trainer biplanes for as little as $200; [1] 90% of American World War I pilots had been trained using the Jenny. [2] It was a two-seater, so paying passengers could get their first taste of flying and wing walkers had a place to wait to perform. Barnstormers would often land in a local farmer's field and negotiate to put on a show there, hence the "barn" in barnstorming. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Duane Cole Aerobatics Stunt Flying Aviations Aeronautics
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Title: Roll Around a Point
Description: Milwaukee, WI: Ken Cook Company, 1976. Revised Edition. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is an oblong paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "After the war ended, some of these pilots used the skills they had mastered by barnstorming to earn a living, traveling across the country performing stunts and providing rides. [1] It was helpful that the US government was selling plentiful now-surplus Curtiss JN-4 Jenny trainer biplanes for as little as $200; [1] 90% of American World War I pilots had been trained using the Jenny. [2] It was a two-seater, so paying passengers could get their first taste of flying and wing walkers had a place to wait to perform. Barnstormers would often land in a local farmer's field and negotiate to put on a show there, hence the "barn" in barnstorming. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Aeronautics / Astronautics Duane Cole Aerobatics Stunt Flying Aviations Aeronautics
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44435
- Book number: 44435
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