THE SMITHSONIAN BOOK OF FLIGHT BY WALTER J. BOYNE

Description: AT THE SMITHSONIAN, PAUL GARBERIS SYNONYMOUS WITH AVIATION. HE IS ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING MEMBERS OF THE EARLY BIRDS OF AVIATION (WHO PILOTED AN AIRCRAFT SOLO BEFORE WORLD WAR 1), AND OF THE ORIGINAL U.S. AIR MAIL PIONEERS (WHO WERE IN THAT SERVICE FROM MAY 15, 1918, UNTIL AUGUST 31, 1927), AND HE SERVED IN BOTH WORLD WARS IN FLIGHT-RELATED CAPACITIES. YET WHEN WE ASKED IF WE COULD DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO HIM, HE WONDERED WHY WE WOULD WANT TO DO SUCH A THING. HE REMINDED US THAT THERE WERE MANY OTHER AIR PIONEERS OF GREATER RENOWN THAN HE.WE ANSWERED, “PAUL, YOU KEW A GOOD MANY OF THE NATIONAL AND NTERNATIONAL FIGURES PERSONALLY, AND SINCE YOUR LIFE LITERALLY SPANS THAT OF THE MODERN AGE OF FLIGHT, YOU ARE THE SMITHSONIAN’S LIVING MEMORY OF THESE EXCITING TIMES. AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, YOU HAVE INSPIRED SO MANY PEOPLE WITH YOUR RECOLLECTIONS AND YOUR ENTHUSIASM FOR FLIGHT. JUST THIS KIND OF CONTINUITY REPRESENTS THE SMITHSONIAN AT ITS BEST. IT IS SUCH ENTHUSIASM THAT KEEPS SO MANY OF OUR SCHOLARS AND CURATORS CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR FIELDS FOR YEARS AFTER THE USUAL RETIREMENT AGE.”PAUL EDWARD GARBER WAS BORN IN AUGUST 1899, JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER WILBUR WRIGHT WROTE TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO EXPRESS HIS INTENTION TO PURSUE THE GOAL OF POWERED, CONTROLLED FLIGHT WITH A MANNED MACHINE. FOUR YEARS LATER WILBUR AND HIS BORTHER ORVILLE MAD HISTORY WITH THEIR EPIC ACHIEVEMENT AT THE WINDY SEASIDE OF KITTY HAWK, NORTH CAROLINA, BU 1909, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS AGAIN DEMONSTRATED AN ADVANCED EXAMPLE OF THEIR FLYER FOR THE MILITARY AT FT. MYER, VIRGINIA. PAUL WAS THERE AND DECIDED ON THE SPOT TO SEEK A CAREER IN AVIATION. BUT WE WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT INCIDENT LATER IN THE BOOK! BUY THIS BOOK AND FIND EVERYTHING OUT ABOUT THIS SUBJECT. THIS BOOK IS PRESENTED BEAUTIFULLY WITH INCREDIBLE PICTURES AND INFORMATION.

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Location: North Saaanich, BC

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