Forgotten Chicago Airfields
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626195544 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has also been a charter, freight and corporate pilot and airline maintenance technician for twenty-one years." . Also the author of Lost Airports of Chicago" with The History Press, Nick Selig has been a teenage civil air patrol cadet, army aviation mechanic, civilian general aviation mechanic, Piper Cub flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and maintenance manager for a well-known nationwide flight school
He has also been a charter, freight and corporate pilot and airline maintenance technician for twenty-one years." . About the Author Also the author of Lost Airports of Chicago" with The History Press, Nick Selig has been a teenage civil air patrol cadet, army aviation mechanic, civilian general aviation mechanic, Piper Cub flight instructor, instrument flight instructor and maintenance manager for a well-known nationwide flight school
More than a guide to landing strips that have had startling second lives as shopping malls or retirement homes, he uncovers the excitement of the early days of air travel, when a man might cling to his job as a lavatory truck driver for a closer peek at aviation. Nick Selig excavates the highways to the sky that have been covered up by urban sprawl or dissolved by neglect. In this follow-up to Lost Airports of Chicago," discover how a tractor swap gave birth to Clow International Airport and revel in the daredevil exploits of puddle-jumper pilots over the wide-open spaces of Harlem Avenue."
John H said Five Stars. Fantastic read, Thanks for the memories!