The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton
From the 1919 Transatlantic Flight to the Arctic and the Amazon
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About the Book
Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)—a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton, this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton’s other remarkable adventures in aviation—which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead, making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York, pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon, and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton, a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Benjamin J. Burns
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 256
Bibliographic Info: 22 photos, 2 maps, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2012
pISBN: 978-0-7864-6447-0
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8794-3
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1
Prologue 5
1. In the Beginning 7
2. November 10, 1888, to February 12, 1908—Van Wert, Ohio 15
3. And See the World 20
4. June 1917 to May 8, 1919 30
5. Chatham, Massachusetts, Chatham Naval Air Station 52
6. With the NC-1 and NC-3 65
7. May 16–17, 1919, Aboard the NC-4 76
8. May 16–17, 1919, Aboard the NC-1 82
9. May 16–20, 1919, Aboard the NC-3 89
10. Brits Fly for Honor: March 28, 1919–May 18, 1919 99
11. British Bombers Compete: May 13–26, 1919 109
12. Lisbon and Beyond 116
13. Ballooning into Canada 131
14. Hopping Down to Rio 156
15. Exploring the Amazon Basin 174
16. Hinton the Celebrity 192
17. Touring the Country for the Exchange Clubs and Beyond 206
Epilogue 220
Chapter Notes 233
Bibliography 243
Index 247
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