| Forgotten Chicago Airfields Contributor(s): Selig, Nicholas C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626195544 ISBN-13: 9781626195547 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Transportation | Aviation - History |
| Dewey: 387.736 |
| LCCN: 2014008701 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nick Selig excavates the highways to the sky that have been covered up by urban sprawl or dissolved by neglect. More than a guide to landing strips that have had startling second lives as shopping malls or retirement homes, he uncovers the excitement of the early days of air travel, when a man might cling to his job as a lavatory truck driver for a closer peek at aviation. In this follow-up to Lost Airports of Chicago," discover how a tractor swap gave birth to Clow International Airport and revel in the daredevil exploits of puddle-jumper pilots over the wide-open spaces of Harlem Avenue." |
Contributor Bio(s): Selig, Nicholas C.: - Also the author of Lost Airports of Chicago" with The History Press, Nick Selig has been a teenage civil air patrol cadet, army aviation mechanic, civilian general aviation mechanic, Piper Cub flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and maintenance manager for a well-known nationwide flight school. He has also been a charter, freight and corporate pilot and airline maintenance technician for twenty-one years." |