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Mayday! Mayday!

Name: Mayday! Mayday!
Brand: University of Tennessee Press
SKU: 9781572331549
Price: 8682 HUF
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Aircraft Crashes In The Great Smoky Mtn Nat Park, 1920-

Szerző: Dwight McCarter

Nyelv:

Kötés: Puha kötésű

Kiadó: University of Tennessee Press

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Since the dawn of aviation, more than fifty aircraft have crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains. This...

Információk a könyvről

Szerző

Dwight McCarter

Nyelv

Angol

Kötés

Könyv - Puha kötésű

Kiadva

2002

oldal

232

EAN

9781572331549

ISBN

9781572331549

Enbook ID

06352892

Kiadó

University of Tennessee Press

Súly

349

Méretek

164 x 219 x 18

Teljes leírás

Since the dawn of aviation, more than fifty aircraft have crashed in the Great Smoky Mountains. This book details all of those known incidents from 1920 to 2000, including those that occurred within the area before the establishment of the National Park in 1934. Jeff Wadley and Dwight McCarter, who have been involved in search-and-rescue missions in the Smokies for decades, have researched official documents and newspaper archives and conducted extensive interviews with survivors, family members, and eyewitnesses to record not only tragedies but also triumphs of survival.The authors tell how the earliest known plane crashes in the Smokies were of the single-engine Curtis "Jenny" biplanes flown by young air aces during the World War I era. In the years since, the Smokies have claimed private planes, military jets, helicopters, and even a hot air balloon. These disasters arose from numerous causes -- from fuel depletion and icing to "dare-deviling" or simply flying too low. Wadley and McCarter attest to the difficult duties of search-and-rescue teams in the most remote areas of the park. Of 127 persons involved in crashes, only 56 survived. Readers will be touched by these accounts -- such as that of two small children who survived a December 1977 crash that killed their father and older sister.Mayday! Mayday! offers both cautionary tales for pilots who fly above these ridges and seasoned advice to those who search for victims. The Smokies have been called by some another Bermuda Triangle; this book explains why and reminds us that no skies are entirely friendly.