LIGHTNING IN THE SKY: The Story of Jimmy Doolittle

by Carl Mann ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

Biography of Jimmy Doolittle who since the last war has pioneered in all phases of aeronautical achievement, the first pilot to take the ""blind"" out of flying, the first to complete the ""outside loop"", setter of speed records and winner of racing trophies. Brought up in Nome, and in California, Jimmy became an air cadet in the first world war, and was assigned to instructing. Between the wars he engaged in all kinds of feats, cross country and distance flights, acrobatics, racing; he flew the Andes with two broken ankles; he went on stunt junkets to ""sell"" the public on flying -- and eventually he became the champion of safe flying. His Tokyo flight is one of the coups of this war. Good material which could have been made into a better book. The writing is amateurish, flat.

Pub Date: N/A

ISBN: 1406730947

Page Count: -

Publisher: McBride

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1943

Categories: NONFICTION