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Gr 5-8 Readers are asked to imagine when flight across the Atlantic Ocean was just an idea, a pipe dream as seemingly impossible as a trip to Mars. It was during this era, the 1920s, when Raymond Orteig offered $25,000 to the first person who could fly nonstop between New York and Paris. Finkelstein focuses on the players in this race, details how they prepared, documents their successes and failures, and records the world's re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This book gives an account of three aviator teams (Charles Lindbergh, Charles Levine and Clarence Chamberlain, and Richard Byrd) engaged in...Log In or Sign Up to Read More