Aviation’s Holy Grail is a 200-page soft cover book that tells the story of how Britain and the United States vied for the honor to be first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air.
“In 1919 seven airplanes and one airship were part of the quest to be the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air – the Holy Grail of aviation at that time. Their departure point – the island of Newfoundland.
Within a month, in the spring of that year, three planes were forced down into the icy waters of the North Atlantic, another crashed on take-off (twice), a fifth quit the race altogether, and a blimp broke her moorings and drifted unmanned out over the Atlantic, never to be seen again. One American and one British plane succeeded in crossing. Both, but for different reasons, could claim they won the race.”
Genre – Creative non-fiction.
Black and white photos and illustrations.
Available only from Amazon.
Terra Nova Publishing 