The History Channel will bring to television Spencer Lane's Award-Winning book, "FIRST WORLD FLIGHT - The Odyssey of Billy Mitchell" as a Major 90 Minute National Presentation in Prime Time on Sunday Evening, March 6, 2005.
Air Times are as follows:
8:00 - 9:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
7:00 - 8:30 Central Standard Time
6:00 - 7:30 Mountain Standard Time
8:00 - 9:30 Pacific Standard Time
The Program titled, "First Flight Around The World" is described on the History Channel Website as follows:
"Strap yourself into the cockpit and fly along with daring U.S. airmen as they attempt the impossible and change the course of aviation history. Today, few know about the first flight around the world or the men that flew it, though it remains one of aviation's most important milestones. Three years before Lindbergh's transatlantic flight, eight U.S. aviators boarded four Douglas World Cruisers in a race with five other countries to complete the first flight around-the-world-flight. It was an odyssey that ended 175 days later when two U.S. biplanes and four crewmen became the first to circumnavigate Earth by air. Join us as we chroniclae the amazing adventure through the pilots' firsthand accounts, reenactments using similar planes, archival footage, and 3D graphics."
"FIRST WORLD FLIGHT" has won numerous book awards including being chosen as "Best Non-Fiction" and "Best Biography" by several major publishing organizations. This past July C-Span "Book TV" aired the authors lecture at the National Defense University in Washington D.C. over several weekends.
You'll want to record the program on March 6 for family and friends.
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The book is here!
- 2003 BEA/IPPY AWARD - "BEST BIOGRAPHY"
- Independent Publishers BOOK AWARD
- Benjamin Franklin Award - "BEST BIOGRAPHY"
- Bill Fisher Award - "BEST NON-FICTION"
- Bookviews.com - "PICK OF THE MONTH"
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To buy the book please go to:
Autographed books available by special order from: US Press (386) 788-0780.
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Get into your leather flying suit, put on your white scarf, flying helmet and goggles and climb into the open cockpit of your biplane. Fasten your seat belt, rev up your engine and takeoff into the greatest aviation adventure of all time!
3 years before Lindbergh's flight to Paris, the U.S. Army joined the race to be the first to fly around the world.
Many countries had tried. All had failed. Most pilots had died.
Could the United States capture aviation's greatest prize?
Bookstores, Libraries and Schools can purchase through:
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Baker and Taylor Books 1-800 775-1800
website: www.btol.com |
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