Early Aviation In Monmouth County, New Jersey

Readers Are Invited To Learn About Aviation In Monmouth County During The Early Years Of , However, This Book Is More About People And Events In Monmouth County, New Jersey, Than It Is About The History Of AviationIt Is ATribute To The Brave Souls Who Dared To Try To FlyReaders Will Learn About Local Residents Who Designed, Built, Patented, Flew, Or Crashed, Early Flying MachinesOthers Worked At The Aeromarine Plane And Motor Manufacturing Plant In KeyportLocals Had The Opportunity To Attend The Aviation Meet In Asbury Park, And Robert Collier's Aviation Gala In MarlboroSome Had The Chance To Meet Visiting Designers And Aviators, Including Aeroplane Patentee Thomas Edison, Wilbur Wright And His Fiveman Wright Exhibition Team, And Stunt Flying Daredevils Like Ruth Law And Her Flying Circus ActEarly Aviators Risked Their Lives, Their Reputations, And Their Worldly Possessions To Pursue Their Dreams Of FlightWorldwide Interest In Human Flight Exploded On December , , When Wilbur And Orville Wright Proved That Successful Manned Flight Was PossibleWright's Machinepowered Aeroplane Is Seen As One Of The Greatest Inventions Of All TimeAviation Has Come ALong Way Since Wright's First Flight! Chapters Include: Charles JHendrickson, America's Greatest Aviation Meet, Monmouth Aviation Patents, Gala At Rest Hill, Aeromarine Plane And Motor Company, The Casey Brothers, De Luxe Air Services, Inc., And Monmouth Builders And FlyersSources And An Index To Fullnames, Places And Subjects Add To The Value Of This Work.
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