Mavericks of the Sky : The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air Mail

Recounts the exploits of America's first commercial aviators, the daring fliers of the U.S. Mail Service, who risked their lives in a fleet of flimsy World War I biplanes to transport the mail across America and who played a key role in the early history of commercial aviation. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.