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16, 2012 Pioneers Of The Sky: 3 Books That Take Flight
Originally published on Sat March 17, 2012 4:44 am Today, flying
is like riding a bus. But it wasn't always that way. Vaulted
from the sands of Kitty Hawk and freed from military exigencies
by the end of World War I, aviation soared into the 1920s and
'30s on a direct course to tomorrow. Here are three flyers who
not only helped open the skies, but also brought literary gems
back from the cutting edge of progress, from a time when flying
was the most exciting thing in the world. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
You are listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.
Literature is full of explorers, people who sail across oceans,
tunnel deep into caves, or travel through time. Writer Gregory
Crouch likes to read about a particular kind of pioneer: those
who ventured into the skies. And that's his theme for our series
Three Books. GREGORY CROUCH: Today, it's like riding a bus. But
it wasn't always that way