Art Smith's Story - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Smith's Story write by Art Smith. This book was released on 1915. Art Smith's Story available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin
Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin write by Art 1890-1926 Smith. This book was released on 2023-07-18. Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This memoir tells the inspiring story of Art Smith, a young aviator who made a name for himself in the early days of aviation. From his first solo flight at age 16 to his daring stunts and record-breaking flights, Smith's story captures the excitement and danger of early aviation. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared As a Serial in the Bulletin
Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared As a Serial in the Bulletin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared As a Serial in the Bulletin write by Art Smith. This book was released on 2013-09. Art Smith's Story; the Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared As a Serial in the Bulletin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... Chapter x. THAT two hundred dollars was on my mind every minute of the next three months. Dad got the money from the bank that had first refused to lend it to me. I remember, just before the banker signed the check, he looked at dad and me over the tops of his glasses for a long time, hesitating., "Mr. Smith, I ought to tell you that you are doing a very foolish thing," he said. Dad straightened up in his chair. "The lots are good security," he answered, and shut his lips tight. The banker signed the check and pushed it to me across the desk. "The bank will have to collect the money promptly on time, you know," he told dad. I spent that money with the utmost care not to waste a cent. Al and I were back in the tent with the machine. We took it apart while we waited for the supplies to come from New York. We went over the engine and got it in the best possible shape. I had the work all figured out, just how much must be finished by a certain time. The note was coming due in ninety days. I allowed six weeks to get the machine rebuilt. Then I meant to try for the cross-country record and win the Scientific American prize. There were delays. The New York shipment was routed wrong. When it finally arrived there was a mistake in it. I had to order again, and wait. Other things went wrong. We worked in that tent as I have never worked before or since. From the first dawn, as soon as it was light enough to see, we were at it. We worked until we were too tired to hold the tools. Al proved then the fine, unselfish friend he is. He had given me months of time without a cent of money in return. His clothes were as shabby as mine; half the time we had to borrow a few cents from the other boys for food. He had no time for fun, hardly any for rest....
ART SMITHS STORY THE AUTOBIOG
ART SMITHS STORY THE AUTOBIOG - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook ART SMITHS STORY THE AUTOBIOG write by Art 1890-1926 Smith. This book was released on 2016-08-24. ART SMITHS STORY THE AUTOBIOG available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Art Smith's Story, 1915
Art Smith's Story, 1915 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Smith's Story, 1915 write by Art Smith. This book was released on 2015-07-09. Art Smith's Story, 1915 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from Art Smith's Story, 1915: The Autobiography of the Boy Aviator Which Appeared as a Serial in the Bulletin People are not interested in me. They are interested in my flying. When the crowd on the ground holds its breath, or shrieks, or wildly cheers, it is not because Art Smith is playing a dangerous game with Death up there in the clouds. It is because over their heads a man just like themselves is mastering the dangers of an almost unknown element. My triumphs are not personal. They are new triumphs for all mankind. Sometimes, when I feel the wings of my machine give that little, pulling lift that clears the ground, and I skim up into the air, I look down at those thousands of white, watching faces under me. Then I wonder what they feel as they see me sailing up over the Marina, past the seagulls, into the sky. It is always thrilling to me to do it. It must be more thrilling to see, to a man who has always walked about with the solid earth under his feet. Some day it will be no more thrilling than using a telephone. Within a short time - five years perhaps - licenses for aeroplanes will be issued as licenses for automobiles are issued now. Then a change will begin in human life - a change so tremendous we can not even imagine it today. There are no frontiers for the aeroplane. The seacoast is only a green, wavering line thousands of feet below it. Mountains are just heaps of earth - it skims over them. There are no boundaries between States or countries when you look down upon them from three thousand feet in the air. The greatest barrier between people is distance. Think what fifteen miles meant in the days when the only way to cover them was to walk them step by step. Fifteen miles away - it was an undiscovered country! Then railroads came, and street-cars, and automobiles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
