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rif. 1vot486 — Pensacola Bay Flying Machines Ltd. Co. 2014. Signed and inscribed by the Author. Octavo softbound stiff photo. illus. blue wrappers x 244 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Celebrate the centennial of powered flight with the achievements of Pensacola’s own early aviators! On December 17 1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright launched into history with the first powered controlled and sustained flight of an aeroplane. On November 30 1911 Pensacola witnessed her own first successful aeroplane flight beginning over 90 yeas of near-continuous aviation achievements and adventures over the Gulf Coast that continue to this day. Learn about the 1909 “Rhodes Aeroplane” flight attempt for Fort Barrancas; the 1911 “Nassr Aeroplane” flight attempt from Kupfrian’s Park; the 1911 “Curtiss-Mills Pusher” flight from Palmetto Beach; Pensacola’s first civilian landing field; the birth of the “Cradle of Naval Aviation” and “Annapolis of the Air”; Pensacola’s and Florida’s first aviation-related death; early aviation records set in Pensacola; Medals of Honor awarded for aviation actions in Pensacola; Charles Lindbergh’s connection with Pensacola; Pensacola’s lighter-than-air achievements; visiting barnstomers flying circuses and airtours; Pensacola’s aviation mysteries tragedies and oddities. paperback books