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Flying Canucks III: Famous Canadian Aviators

Flying Canucks III: Famous Canadian Aviators

Pigott, Peter

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Aviation

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ISBN10: 1550172247
ISBN13: 9781550172249
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
Published: Jan 1 2000
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.01 Depth: 9.01
Language: English
In the five years since the Flying Canucks series began, says Pigott, I have never ceased to marvel that everything connected with aviation in Canada took place in the proverbial blink of an eye. It is barely nine decades since Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian to achieve sustained flight, and only seventy-odd years since J. Dalzell McKee and Earl Godfrey made the first flight across Canada.

The flying Canucks in this volume include some legends of aviation lore, like James Richardson and Gordon McGregor, as well as a few whose exploits are less known, such as the Norwegian-born Bernt Balchen. Babe Woollett and Art Schade represent that special breed, Canada's bush pilots, and Donald McDonald, who flew in defence of Ceylon, speaks for the many Canadian World War II fighter pilots. The aerial achievements of Casey Baldwin and Don Muir serve as bookends of a century of aviation, and embody the nconquerable spirit of every era of flying.

If there is a conclusion to be drawn from this intentionally eclectic compendium, it is that courage and audacity are timeless human traits. Flying Canucks III gives the reader a glimpse at the lives of some exceptional human beings - who also happen to be aviators. As Babe Woollett said, I certainly hope God meant man to fly. Otherwise I've made a bloody fool of myself all of these years for nothing.

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