It took me a long time to translate the book to English – and a lot of proofreading was necessary until were (hopefully!) on the same level as the German edition.
The English book contains the same 14 stories as the original German book (plus an appendix about the history of aviation)
You can read a sample on amazon.com
https://a.co/d/0i2mcXt
Content
Foreword
1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright
On the dunes of Kitty Hawk, humanity learns to fly
1919
John Alcock and Arthur Whitten-Brown
Conquerors of the North Atlantic
1927
Charles Lindbergh
Solo to Paris
1937
The Mystery of the Century
Amelia Earhart disappears in the Pacific
1938
Across the Ocean by Accident
The Adventures of Douglas “Wrong Way“ Corrigan
1944
Lady be Good”
The Bomber in the Desert
1947
Chuck Yeager
Mr. Supersonic
1967
North American X-15
Into Space with an Aircraft
1989
United Airlines 232
Emergency Landing in Sioux City
1992
Patty Wagstaff
Miss Aerobatics
1995
“Kee Bird“
The Bomber in the Ice
2000
Concorde Crash in Paris
The End of a Beautiful Dream
2009
US Airways 1549
The Miracle on the Hudson River
1924-2014
Tom Danaher
My Friend, the Hollywood Stunt Pilot
1485-1903
The Invention of Flight
1903-2003
The First Century of Powered Flight
2004-2023
– and beyond
