Turk Bird : The High-Flying Life and Times of Eddie Gardner - Softcover

Turk Bird: The High-Flying Life and TImes of Eddie Gardner

Trade paperback. viii, 104 p. Includes illustrations. Photo Credits. "There was a time when airmen like Eddie Gardner flew the mail by the seat of their pants. Many of these daring fliers perished because of the Post Office Department's insistence that pilots 'fly or be fired' no matter what the weather. TURK BIRD: THE HIGH-FLYING LIFE AND TIMES OF EDDIE GARDNER, tells the true story of one of America's first cilvilian air mail pilots, Edward Van Buren Gardner, known affectionately as 'Turk Bird' because of the way the plane wobbled like a turkey whem taking to the air. " The author was the founding director of the National Postal Museum at the Smithsonian Instution and authored over a dozen books related to United States Postal History and philately. This reknowned pilot survived the effects of his stunts and crashes until his luck ran out in 1922 at yet another Midwest air show. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Artikel-Nr. 66128

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