Flights of No Return: Aviation History's Most Infamous One-Way Tickets to Immortality - Hardcover

Ruffin, Steven A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760347921 ISBN 13: 9780760347928

Publisher: Zenith Press, 2015

Synopsis

Don't miss the mystery, adventure, intrigue, and supernatural and extraterrestrial theories given for many flights that didn't end well in war and peace.

About this title

About the Author

Steven A. Ruffin is an aviation writer and pilot with a lifelong interest in the history of flight. He served for four years as managing editor of the World War I aviation journal Over the Front and is an eight-time winner of the League of World War I Aviation Historians' Hooper Award for writing and editorial excellence. In 2005, Steve published his first book, Aviation's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings, and Other Aerial Oddities, later distributed internationally under the titleTop Fun.

Steve has been a licensed pilot since 1972 and has owned and flown both vintage and experimental aircraft. He is a longtimemember of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and after serving in the US military for 24 years, he retired in 2003 as a colonel in the US Air Force. He currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

From the Back Cover

A celebrated millionaire and experienced aviator takes off in a small plane

one clear morning and disappears. The glamorous son of a beloved fallen

president flies into a hazy summer night and plunges himself and two others

into the Atlantic Ocean. A US Navy blimp lands in the middle of a California city

street with no one aboard.

The history of aviation is full of accounts of history's most spectacular

flights--but what about the ones that didn't end as planned?

In Flights of No Return, discover the mysterious, controversial, and sometimes

downright eerie stories of doomed flights throughout history. Pilot and aviation writer

Steven A. Ruffin covers the entire 230-year span of human flight, providing accounts

of crashes and disappearances involving balloons, blimps, biplanes, jets, and spaceships

during war and peace. Learn about the fascinating people involved, the mistakes

they made, and the ways in which their flights affected the world.

From history's first manned balloon flight to the tragedy of Malaysian Airlines

flight MH370, don't miss the mystery, intrigue, and a sprinkling of the supernatural in the most legendary flights of no return.

From the Inside Flap

FLIGHTS OF NO RETURN: AVIATION HISTORY'S MOST INFAMOUS ONE-WAY TICKETS TO IMMORTALITY

Whether caused by errors in judgment, intentional sabotage, or causes still unknown, countless flights throughout history have ended in disappearance or disaster. They have happened in airplanes, blimps, balloons, and spaceships in all parts of the world. They have claimed renowned pilots, global celebrities, political figures, and everyday citizens. Some were found in the end; others were never seen again.

Though the details may vary, these flights have one thing in common: their stories continue to fascinate to this day. Author Steven A. Ruffin explores some of the most famous, tragic, strange, and enduring of these true tales, including:

* the doomed balloon journey to the North Pole led by Salomon Andrée

* the failed transatlantic flight of l'Oiseau Blanc

* the horror of the Hindenburg

* the captivating disappearance of the Lady Be Good

* the clean getaway of aerial hijacker D. B. Cooper

* the ghostly legacy of Eastern Airlines Flight 401

* and many more

Edition details

• Publisher: Zenith Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760347921
• ISBN 13: 9780760347928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256