First to fly : North Carolina and the beginnings of aviation / Thomas C. Parramore.
A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, this tome recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780807854709
- ISBN: 0807854700
- ISBN: 9780807826768
- ISBN: 0807826766
- Physical Description: xiii, 372 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
- Copyright: ©2002
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- To snatch the secret from the womb of time -- Fire in the belly -- Early birds -- As the surfmen tell it -- The demon of hill thirteen -- The early whirlies -- Kiwis and eagles -- The exhibitionists -- The Lafayette Escadrille -- Gory glory, hallelujah -- The greatest pilot on earth -- The lighthouse keeper's tale.
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- Aeronautics > North Carolina > History.
North Caroliniana.
Available copies
- 52 of 57 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 57 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | NC 629.13 P C-90 (Text) | 36015000611497 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | 629.13 PAR (Text) | 50503011007566 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NCNFIC 629.13 PAR (Text) | 31111001967617 | North Carolina Room | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | NC 629.13 P (Text) | 34208200703568 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bogue Banks | APPLDSCI TRANSPOR PARRA (Text) | 34208200681616 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | LH 629.13 Par (Text)
Digital Bookplate:
Donated to the library by Mae Woods Bell
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540191002263125 | Local History Reference | Noncirculating | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | YA 629.13 PAR (Text) | 540191001704047 | Young Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Camden County Library | NC 629.13 PAR (Text) | 39488900227937 | Adult Nonfiction NC Collection | Available | - |
| Carver School Road Branch | 629.13 P (Text) | 0112511323258 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | 629.13 PAR (Text) | 22281500007623 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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A remarkable story filled with dreamers, inventors, scoundrels, and pioneering pilots, this tome recounts North Carolina's significant role in the early history of aviation.
