They were constantly driven by tough-talking Second Assistant Postmaster General Otto Praeger-a gritty newspaperman who along with his boss Albert Burleson, the tenacious postmaster general in theĬabinet of President Woodrow Wilson, held a common faith in the future of aviation.ĭespite the deaths, the public skepticism and the contempt in which Congress held airmail, Praeger and Burleson refused to give up. Climbing into their flimsy wood and cloth-coveredīiplanes they moved the mail through torrential rain and blinding snowstorms, relying on their wits and instincts to keep them out of trouble. Air Mail Service were an amalgam of brazen, headstrong aviators bent on defying the odds. Nicknamed “The Suicide Club,” the men of the U.S.
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Racecar drivers and WWI flying aces who willingly risked their lives in order to continue their obsession with flying. Yet, still they signed on in droves-these ex-barnstormers, It was a dangerous time for mail pilots fully one-quarter of the pilots died while trying to push the limits of flight to the extreme. Mavericks of the Sky draws on exhaustive research of new archival material to bring forward this unforgettable story of adventure, heroism and suspense set against the threshold of the Jazz Age.
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