Download or read book Art Smith s Story written by Art Smith and published by . This book was released on 1975* with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art Smith s Story written by Art Smith and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art Smith s Story the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared As a Serial in the Bulletin written by Art Smith and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter x. THAT two hundred dollars was on my mind every minute of the next three months. Dad got the money from the bank that had first refused to lend it to me. I remember, just before the banker signed the check, he looked at dad and me over the tops of his glasses for a long time, hesitating., "Mr. Smith, I ought to tell you that you are doing a very foolish thing," he said. Dad straightened up in his chair. "The lots are good security," he answered, and shut his lips tight. The banker signed the check and pushed it to me across the desk. "The bank will have to collect the money promptly on time, you know," he told dad. I spent that money with the utmost care not to waste a cent. Al and I were back in the tent with the machine. We took it apart while we waited for the supplies to come from New York. We went over the engine and got it in the best possible shape. I had the work all figured out, just how much must be finished by a certain time. The note was coming due in ninety days. I allowed six weeks to get the machine rebuilt. Then I meant to try for the cross-country record and win the Scientific American prize. There were delays. The New York shipment was routed wrong. When it finally arrived there was a mistake in it. I had to order again, and wait. Other things went wrong. We worked in that tent as I have never worked before or since. From the first dawn, as soon as it was light enough to see, we were at it. We worked until we were too tired to hold the tools. Al proved then the fine, unselfish friend he is. He had given me months of time without a cent of money in return. His clothes were as shabby as mine; half the time we had to borrow a few cents from the other boys for food. He had no time for fun, hardly any for rest....
Download or read book ART SMITHS STORY THE AUTOBIOG written by Art 1890-1926 Smith and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Art Smith s Story written by Art Smith and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Art Smith s Story 1915 written by Art Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Art Smith's Story, 1915: The Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin People are not interested in me. They are interested in my flying. When the crowd on the ground holds its breath, or shrieks, or wildly cheers, it is not because Art Smith is playing a dangerous game with Death up there in the clouds. It is because over their heads a man just like themselves is mastering the dangers of an almost unknown element. My triumphs are not personal. They are new triumphs for all mankind. Sometimes, when I feel the wings of my machine give that little, pulling lift that clears the ground, and I skim up into the air, I look down at those thousands of white, watching faces under me. Then I wonder what they feel as they see me sailing up over the Marina, past the seagulls, into the sky. It is always thrilling to me to do it. It must be more thrilling to see, to a man who has always walked about with the solid earth under his feet. Some day it will be no more thrilling than using a telephone. Within a short time - five years perhaps - licenses for aeroplanes will be issued as licenses for automobiles are issued now. Then a change will begin in human life - a change so tremendous we can not even imagine it today. There are no frontiers for the aeroplane. The seacoast is only a green, wavering line thousands of feet below it. Mountains are just heaps of earth - it skims over them. There are no boundaries between States or countries when you look down upon them from three thousand feet in the air. The greatest barrier between people is distance. Think what fifteen miles meant in the days when the only way to cover them was to walk them step by step. Fifteen miles away - it was an undiscovered country! Then railroads came, and street-cars, and automobiles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Art Smith written by Rachel Sherwood Roberts and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1915, pioneer aviator Art Smith was as celebrated as any movie star might be today. He thrilled audiences with his barnstorming feats, doing "death spirals," sky writing, "loop-the-loops," and night flights using phosphorus fireworks. He was a consummate showman and had he not died in 1926, his name probably would be familiar to most Americans. He glamorized and popularized aviation while testing the boundaries of aeronautical principles. As a boy he longed to fly before he had ever seen an airplane. His parents believed in him, and he was fortunate to have a best friend named Al Wertman who helped him build an airplane. His fame spread around the globe and in 1916, the Japanese offered him $10,000 for a series of exhibitions. His flying skills inspired a young Wiley Post to a life of aviation. After Smith's death, when Lindbergh flew over Fort Wayne and dipped his wings, he gave credit to the "Bird Boy" Art Smith. The story of this rising star in American aviation is one of adventure, romance, scandal and history. Using Smith's own autobiographical writings, the story is also a factual account of events in early aviation. The book includes photographs and postcards in Art Smith's own handwriting mailed to Al Wertman.
Download or read book Cap Cornish Indiana Pilot written by Ruth Ann Ingraham and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clarence "Cap" Cornish was an Indiana pilot whose life spanned all but five years of the Century of Flight. Born in Canada in 1898, Cornish grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He began flying at the age of nineteen, piloting a "Jenny" aircraft during World War I, and continued to fly for the next seventy-eight years. In 1995, at the age of ninety-seven, he was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest actively flying pilot. The mid-1920s to the mid-1950s were Cornish's most active years in aviation. During that period, sod runways gave way to asphalt and concrete; navigation evolved from the iron rail compass to radar; runways that once had been outlined at night with cans of oil topped off with flaming gasoline now shimmered with multicolored electric lights; instead of being crammed next to mailbags in open-air cockpits, passengers sat comfortably in streamlined, pressurized cabins. In the early phase of that era, Cornish performed aerobatics and won air races. He went on to run a full-service flying business, served as chief pilot for the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, managed the city's municipal airport, helped monitor and maintain safe skies above the continental United States during World War II, and directed Indiana's first Aeronautics Commission. Dedicating his life to flight and its many ramifications, Cornish helped guide the sensible development of aviation as it grew from infancy to maturity. Through his many personal experiences, the story of flight nationally is played out.
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Download or read book The Story of Art Smith written by Rose Wilder Lane and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Art Smith is a thrilling account of the life of the famous American aviator Art Smith. It is based on his diary, memoirs, and notes, as well as interviews with those who knew him. The book has been praised for its engaging writing style, as well as for its detailed descriptions of early aviation and the lives of those who lived it. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Persistence and Determination written by Bruce D. Eicher and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the inspiring autobiography of Art Smith - A pioneer of aviation whose hard work and determination led him to become a famous flight performer. Art Smith amazed audiences with his spirals, dives and loop the loops, and he was the first aviator to perform night flight phosphorus firework displays. Smith persevered through many trials and failures and never gave up on his dream.Arthur R. Smith, 1890-1926, grew up in the small town of Fort Wayne, Indiana. When he was 15 years old, just two years after the Wright Brothers had their first successful flight and during a time when many people believed flight wasn¿t even possible, Art decided he would build his own flight-worthy machine. This biography-memoir is one of history, romance, invention, and adventure. It inspires readers to ask the question, ¿What am I doing to make a difference in the world?¿ Bruce Eicher re-introduces Art Smith¿s story to the world for inspiration. He includes thought-provoking questions added to the end of the chapters, historic pictures gathered from a variety of sources, and a timeline that puts Smith¿s accomplishments in context. Art Smith¿s life challenges readers to pursue their dreams with a new perspective. Check out additional pictures, information and more at:www.growthandcontribution.com
Download or read book The Complete Writings of Art Smith the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne Edited by Michael Martone written by Michael Martone and published by BOA Editions. This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictitious biographical snippets that celebrate the sky-written words of early aviation and the life of the man behind them.
Download or read book The Story of Art Smith written by Rose Wilder Lane and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Art Smith Scholar s Choice Edition written by Rose Wilder Lane and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-08 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Autobiography of Arthur Smith Including a List of His Illustrations for Scientific and Semi popular Publications written by Arthur Clayton Smith and published by . This book was released on 198? with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farm Boy to Flyboy written by Darrel F Smith and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My grandfather, Darrel F. Smith, has been a steadfast and positive fixture in my life. His curious mind has been the driving force that has led to many interesting and varied experiences. He made every effort to broaden my view of this world. I remember long drives, exploring foreign lands and listening to his stories. He insisted that I could achieve anything if I truly put my mind to it. I believed him because of everything he was able to accomplish. This book contains a collection of stories from my grampa
Download or read book The Last Flight of Poxl West written by Daniel Torday and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poxl West fled the Nazis' onslaught in Czechoslovakia. He escaped their clutches again in Holland. He pulled Londoners from the Blitz's rubble. He wooed intoxicating, unconventional beauties. He rained fire on Germany from his RAF bomber. Poxl West is the epitome of manhood and something of an idol to his teenage nephew, Eli Goldstein, who reveres him as a brave, singular, Jewish war hero. Poxl fills Eli's head with electric accounts of his derring-do, adventures and romances, as he collects the best episodes from his storied life into a memoir. He publishes that memoir, Skylock, to great acclaim, and its success takes him on the road, and out of Eli's life. With his uncle gone, Eli throws himself into reading his opus and becomes fixated on all things Poxl. But as he delves deeper into Poxl's history, Eli begins to see that the life of the fearless superman he's adored has been much darker than he let on, and filled with unimaginable loss from which he may have not recovered. As the truth about Poxl emerges, it forces Eli to face irreconcilable facts about the war he's romanticized and the vision of the man he's held so dear. Daniel Torday's debut novel, The Last Flight of Poxl West, beautifully weaves together the two unforgettable voices of Eli Goldstein and Poxl West, exploring what it really means to be a hero, and to be a family, in the long shadow of war.
