02248cam a2200313 4500 528979196 TxAuBib 20211108120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780912777276 0912777273 B075TGVB7J Amazon d035a838-ec76-493c-a92a-131ed5387393 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3573673 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ryan, Jason. Race to Hawaii [Libby eBook] : The 1927 Dole Air Derby and the Thrilling First Flights That Opened the Pacific. Chicago Review Press, 2018. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 9MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 9MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:A thrilling account, Race to Hawaii chronicles the first flights to Hawaii in the 1920s, during the Golden Age of Aviation. These journeys were fraught with danger. To reach the tiny islands, fearless pilots flew unreliable and fragile aircraft outfitted with primitive air navigation equipment. The Dole Derby was an unprecedented 1927 air race in which eight planes set off at once across the Pacific, all eager to reach the islands first and claim a cash prize offered by "Pineapple King" James Dole. Military men, barnstormers, a schoolteacher, a Wall Street bond salesman, a Hollywood stunt flyer and veteran World War aces all encountered every type of hazard during their perilous flights. With so many pilots taking aim at the far-flung islands in so many different types of planes, everyone wondered who would reach Hawaii first, or at all. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d035a838-ec76-493c-a92a-131ed5387393&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d035a838-ec76-493c-a92a-131ed5387393&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=d035a838-ec76-493c-a92a-131ed5387393&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)