The Flying Firsts of Walter Hinton

<p> Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six in May 1919. Based on more than 40 hours of personal interviews with Hinton this volume chronicles that first flight and Hinton's other remarkable adventures in aviation--which include being lost in a downed balloon in the Canadian Arctic and believed dead making the first flight to Rio de Janeiro from New York pursuing the first aerial exploration of the Amazon and undertaking a nationwide promotion of aviation and airports for the Exchange Clubs in the United States. With the dramatic and adventurous story of Hinton a lost chapter in the history of flight in America is uncovered.</p>