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Amelia Earhart
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Charles Lindbergh
Colonel John Sherburne
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FL
Florida
Golden Age of
Golden Age of Flight
history
images
Jacqueline Cochran
local history
Lynn M. Homan
Peter Sones
photographs
Roaring Twenties
Second Seminole War
St PetersburgTampa Airboat Line
St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
Sunshine State
Thomas Reilly
war years
Wings
Product details
- ISBN 9780738501857
- Weight: 295g
- Dimensions: 165 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 1999
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Florida's contribution to aviation history cannot be underestimated. Wings over Florida chronicles the story of flying in the "Sunshine State," from the early pioneers in gliders and balloons, to the recent developments in the space program. The story of Florida in flight is even older than its statehood, with Colonel John Sherburne planning to use balloons as early as 1840 in the Second Seminole War. Not only was the first scheduled passenger airline (the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line) begun in Florida, but it is also home to the world's oldest international airline.
Many heroes and heroines of the air came from Florida. Even those who were not Floridians by birth spent time flying in the ideal conditions that Florida provided. Pioneers, such as Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Peter Sones, and Jacqueline Cochran, all took to the air over Florida.
