Flights Forgotten...and Remembered - Softcover

Reed, Lt. Col. Boardman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592990029 ISBN 13: 9781592990023

Publisher: Franklin Street Books, 2002

Synopsis

This is not a war story, although there are dramatic episodes featuring the B-17 Flying Fortress in England and the P-51 Mustang in Korea. It is, rather, the story of a young man who became obsessed with flying and determined to be an aviator. He flew as many different types of aircraft he could get his hands on, both both in America and overseas. From the old "stick-and-wire," open-cockpit, fabric-covered biplanes, to the flight decks of all-metal monoplanes, Lt. Col. Boardman C. Reed makes you his co-pilot. "B.C." takes you along with him as he flies a replica of the 1912 Curtiss Pusher, and all the way to the Boeing B-50. After that, it's crop dusters, charters, fire-fighting planes and, finally, his "baby," the 1928 Timm Collegiate, a rare, open-cockpit parasol.

Edition details

• Publisher: Franklin Street Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1592990029
• ISBN 13: 9781592990023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328