{"product_id":"ernest-k-ganns-flying-circus","title":"ERNEST K. GANN'S FLYING CIRCUS","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #f7f8f9; padding: 20px; border-left: 4px solid #647382;\"\u003eErnest K. Gann's \"Flying Circus\" explores the growth of commercial aviation in America — from the early days of airmail to the rise of air cargo and the launch of the first passenger airlines.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"table table-striped\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 325.907px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-10\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0-02-542400-9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook cover finish(es)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover ( rounded spine binding )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDust Jacket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eDamaged Dust Jacket\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnest K. Gann\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMacmillan Publishing Co., Inc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e224\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 71.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 71.1875px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 71.1875px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFirst Printing 1974\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePrinted in the United States of America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18 x 26 x 2.9 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 39.6186%; height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCategorie(s)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 70.1271%; height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e• AVIATION CIVILE\u003cbr\u003e• AVIATION LÉGÈRE\u003cbr\u003e• BIOGRAPHIES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-bottom: 13px;\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\"Flying is no longer a gypsy-like, adventure-promising way of life, and never will be again. . .. The dash and peculiar character of the men involved changed very little with the advent of the jet era. . .. The aircraft they flew were internationally a very mixed bag ranging from clurasy and dangerous to splendid aristocrats.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eERNEST K.GANN'S FLYING CIRCUS \u003c\/em\u003eis a treasure of stories about these adventurous men and their planes in an age of flight infinitely more exciting than the supersonic era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA treasury of flying nostalgia by a master aviator and storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eErnest K. Gann began his love affair with flight in 1935, barnstorming in various wood and fabric bi-planes. Later, as an airline pilot, he flew to many parts of the world in a wide variety of the aircraft, from lumbering trimotored Fords to the latest jets. He shared the world's skies with many of the gallant airmen he writes about here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGann traces the development in America of the commercial use of airplanes through the early days of airmail, air cargo, and the first passenger airlines. With you-are-there immediacy, he takes the reader aboard such planes as the United Air Lines Boeing 40-B-4 delivering newspapers to the ranger station in Oregon; the \"Flying Brooklyn Bridge,\" the 1936 Condor for which pilots developed an almost maudlin affection; the \"Tin Goose,\" Ford's incomparable tri-motored 4A-T; the incredible DC-3, which has cruised every sky known to mankind—and many other \"clumsy and dangerous to splendid aristocrats\" among planes on both sides of the Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the international scene, there are stories of Aéropostale's flights across the Andes and in Saint-Exupéry country; Sabena in the Congo; Imperial Airway's deluxe flights in Scipios when Britain ruled the skies; BOAC's Lockheed, known as \"Bashful Gertie,\" which shuttled bravely from Scotland to Sweden for essential ball bearings during World War II; and scores of other aircraft that have made aeronautical history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ernest K. Gann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51688311259482,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/3015\/9446\/files\/IMG_5215.jpeg?v=1752677395","url":"https:\/\/aviation.brussels\/products\/ernest-k-ganns-flying-circus","provider":"aviation.brussels","version":"1.0","type":"link"}