1963 NORTH ATLANTIC PIONEER AIR FLIGHT AVIATION HISTORY

ATLANTIC
AIR
CONQUEST

THE COMPLETE STORY OF ALL
NORTH ATLANTIC FLIGHTS AND ATTEMPTS
DURING THE PIONEER YEARS FROM 1910 TO 1940

BY
FRANK H. ELLIS
AND
ELSIE M. ELLIS

 Frank Ellis was a pioneer Canadian pilot who built and flew his own aircraft at Calgary prior to August 1914. After his retirement from active flying in the 1930's, he became a Canadian aviation historian and is noted for "Canada's Flying Heritage" published in 1954.

Part of the preface states : This book is the story of the struggle to master the Atlantic; it describes in detail all the successes and failures of the Death and Glory years, including the serious attempts which never came to anything. It is a complete account of this fascinating chapter in the history of aviation.

Chapter titles

The Visionaries (1859-1914).  By Way of the Azores (1919).
The Non-stop Route (1919).  Another Famous Year (1924).
The Grim Path to Glory (1926-1927)  Triumphs and Tragedies (1928).
No Risks Too Great (1929).  Death Takes a Holiday (1930).
The Increasing Urge (1931).  Still a Tough Trail (1932).  
Far Horizons Beckon (1933).  To Greater Laurels (1934). 
The Fates Were Fickle (1935-1936).
 More Wreckage and Records (1937-1938-1939).  The End of an Era.
Philatelists' Corner.

223 Pages including a General Index, and Index of Types of Aircraft and Engines, plus 51 illustrations.

Condition
A good clean solid binding in a good clean dust-wrapper, pages are clean, all complete.
Size is 9½ by 6½ inches.

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