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Introduction 7
Chapter 1 Up Where the Wind is Silent 9
Chapter 2 Showmen to Sportsmen 49
Chapter 3 Those Magnificent Men... 95
Chapter 4 Barnstormers 131
Chapter 5 Pageants in the Air 167
Chapter 6 Aces & Kings, Diamonds & Clubs 225
Table 1 Balloon Events in Eastern England 1784-1913 265
Table 2 Flying Exhibition and Barnstorming Events in Eastern England 1912-39 269
Table 3 A Selection of Air Shows in Eastern England 1931-39 271
Bibliography 275
Acknowledgements 279
Index 281
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Frank Estes III
reviewed Balloons, Bleriots and Barnstormers: 200 Years of Flying for Fun on December 28, 2012 Balloons, Bleriots and Barnstormers
This book is an essential history of the final stages of aviation development that immediately preceded the Wright Brothers historic flights of December 1903. Coupled with another of Crouch's books - The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright - you have a comprehensive history of aviation's early days in the United States.
The book discusses Octave Chanute, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Otto Lilienthal, Augustus Herring, and the Wright Brothers - their individual accomplishments and their interactions, both good and bad.
The author, Tom Crouch, is a prolific and excellent aviation historian and this book is certainly recommended for aviation historians and historians in general.
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