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Wings of Their Dreams: Purdue in Flight

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By (author): John Norberg

Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left footprints in lunar soil. Wings of Their Dreams follows the flight plans and footsteps of aviation's pioneers and trailblazers across the twentieth century, a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Tranquility and beyond. The book reminds readers that the first and last men to land on the moon first trekked across the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus on their journeys into the heavens and history. This is the story of an aeronautic odyssey of imagination, science, engineering, technology, adventure, courage, danger, and promise. It is the story of the human spirit taking flight, entwined with Purdue's legacy in aviation's history. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 850g
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 30 Oct 2019
  • Publisher: Purdue University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781557538734

About John Norberg

John Norberg is a writer author humorist and chronicler of the human condition. Retired as director of communications for development at Purdue University he began his humor column in 1971 while working at Indianas Brazil Daily Times. The column appeared in the Lafayette Journal and Courier from March 1973 to October 2014. He has received more than fifty state and national reporting awards. A nationally respected award-winning speechwriter and public speaker he also is the author of seven books including Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA's Record-Setting Frequent Flyer which details the story of astronaut Jerry Ross. Additionally Norberg has written articles for various national publications including the Saturday Evening Post USA Today the Christian Science Monitor and Time magazine. He was most recently honored with the prestigious Purdue University Special Boilermaker Award and was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame for a lifetime of work.

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