In these pages you will meet the daring fliers of the first four decades of flight. Some flew their fragile planes for fun, indulging in acrobatics in the sky. Daredevil Cal Rodgers set a record flying across the country in seven weeks in his jaunty plane, the Vin-Fiz Flyer, followed by a private train stocked with supplies. In World War I the famous Red Baron, Billy Bishop, and the American fliers known as the Lafayette Escadrille caught the world's attention with their brave air battles. Heroics in the air continued in peacetime and in the desperate air battles of World War II. Flying attracts the adventurous and their stories make exciting reading.

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