Early Aviation - Vol 1: Barnstormers, Wingwalkers & Flying The Mail

2 CD/ Appr. Run Time: 2+ hours

CD 1- BARNSTORMERS & WINGWALKERS

When World War One ended, surplus airplanes were cheap. Men who had learned to fly with the army bought Curtiss Jennys and flew them into cow pastures. At county fairs and in rural towns, they took paying customers up for airplane rides and called themselves "Barnstormers". Stunt pilots performed loops and dives and corkscrew turns. Wingwalkers walked across wings while crowds applauded. Men and women
flew in cross-country air races and became celebrities. It was the beginning of the golden age of aviation. And in St. Louis, a young aviator named Charles Lindbergh was ready to make his mark in history.

CD2 - FLYING THE MAIL

Air mail pilots flew without radar, paved landing strips or
lighted airfields. They followed rivers, roads and railroads
to find their way from town to town, but ever mindful of
the postal creed...the mail must go through!

Engine failure over rugged mountain ranges or desolate
desert wastelands was a constant threat. Schedules were
demanding and when the Postal Department began sched-
uling night flying routes 1n 1923, dangers multiplied. It
was then that pilots began referring to themselves as The
Suicide Squad.

ISBN: 1-893537-20-X
Code: RT-118
Price: $15.95

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