Loving's Love
A Black American's Experience in Aviation
by Neal V. Loving
ISBN: 1560983426
ISBN-13: 9781560983422
Format: Hardcover
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 1994
Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Pages: 288
Publisher's Notes
Born in 1916 on Charles Lindbergh's birthday, Neal Loving has experienced both thrilling aerial feats and crippling aerial disaster. An aeronautical engineer and designer of his own experimental aircraft, he exemplifies the abiding love of flight that spurred the first barnstormers. This devotion propelled him beyond the challenges he has faced as a black man and a double amputee. An autobiography, Loving's Love in many ways centers around the author's midget one-seater racing plane, the WR-1 "Loving's Love". Neal Loving completed and first flew the plane in 1950 - only six years after losing both his legs in the crash of his first production prototype, the S-1 glider, and fifteen years after building his first full-size flying machine as a young high school graduate in Detroit. Describing his early days as a fledgling designer and his years as the owner of a flying school, Loving often refers to his personal creed, "no success without enthusiasm". At age forty he enrolled as a full-time engineering student, going on to a long and distinguished career as an aerospace research engineer. The WR-1 "Loving's Love", after restoration, will be on permanent display at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Air Education Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. It stands as testament to its designer and to all those who, in an age of jets and rockets, cherish the humble home-built airplane.
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Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation
Loving, Neal V
Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994 DJ in protective mylar cover. Story centers around the author's experimental racing plane the WR-1. A very clean, tight copy. Not a remainder. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by All The Kings Books (United States)
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Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation
Loving, Neal V
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 1994 Hard cover. Very Good. Octavo, pp. xiv, 288. Black & white illustrations. A very good copy in like dust jacket. Includes "Caribbean Flight Log" from Detroit, Michigan to Kingston, Jamaica, December 1-10, 1953.. ( more information) Offered by T. Brennan, Bookseller, LLC (United States)
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LOVINGS LOVE (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
Loving, Neal V
Washington: Smithsonian. Hardcover. 1560983426 From Publishers Weekly In his memoir Loving emerges as a person of extraordinary ability with an unwavering faith in a dream and an almost fanatic work ethic. He spent his adolescence in Depression-era Detroit where he learned to fly at a time when blacks were not even admitted to many airports. In 1944 he lost both legs in the crash of a glider he had designed. He then ran a flying school and designed and built the one-seater racing plane he nicknamed "Loving's Love," which is being restored for permanent display at the Experimental Aircraft Association's Air Education Museum in Wisconsin. Loving also studied aeronautical engineering at Wayne State and, on graduation, worked for 20 years as an aerospace research engineer. Although he relates his numerous experiences with racism, he nevertheless seems to have found both his personal life and his career thoroughly satisfying. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. ...Experience, Quality, Value.... . Fine. 1994. First Edition. ( more information) Offered by Robinson Street Books (United States)
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Loving, Neal V
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. Hardcover. Used; Acceptable. Hardcover. Former library copy. ( more information) Offered by BlueCat Books (United States)
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LOVINGS LOVE
Loving, Neal V
Washington And London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. This is the story of a heroic black man's thrilling aerial feats and crippling aerial disaster. Blue covers with black spine and silver lettering. 288 pges. The book is in excellent readable condition. There are No Marks, No Underlining, and No Writing in the text. ( more information) Offered by Empire Booksellers (United States)
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Loving's Love
Loving, Neal V
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books, 1994. Hard Cover. As New/Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN: 1-56098-342-6. A black American's experience in aviation.. ISBN: 1-56098-342-6. First Edition. LOVING AIRPLANE AVIATION BLACK 1-56098-342-6 History. ( more information) Offered by A Street Books (United States)
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LOVINGS LOVE (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series) (Qty: 7)
Loving, Neal V
Smithsonian. Hardcover. 1560983426 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Immediate shipping for all orders and FREE STANDARD DELIVERY on Domestic US Orders! International, APO, FPO and PO Box addresses accepted. All of our titles are exactly the same title as shown and are 100% Guaranteed! Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. . Good. ( more information) Offered by Actinia Bookstores (United States)
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Loving's Love: A Black American's Experience in Aviation
Loving, Neal V
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1994. //NO REMAINDER MARK//NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKS OF ANY KIND (no names or inscriptions, no bookplate, no underlining, etc) //UNPRICED DUST JACKET//NEW MYLAR COVER//. ISBN: 1560983426. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. NEW CONDITION/NEW DUST JACKET. ( more information) Offered by BC BOOKS (United States)
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LOVING'S LOVE: A Black American's Experiences in Aviation
Loving, Neal V
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. . First printing. . Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) . The 'Love' in the title refers to the midget one-seater racing plane, the WR-1, which Loving completed in 1950 - 6 years after losing both of his legs in the crash of his first production prototype. This autobiography is a picture of the love of flying that drove progress in aviation in the 30's, 40's and 50's, of an African American who overcame both race discrimination and physical handicaps to be a designer of experimental planes (including the first 'roadable' plane), an owner and operator of a flying school and later an aerospace engineer. Photographs. 288 pages. ( more information) Offered by bookfever.com (United States)
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LOVINGS LOVE (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series) (Qty: 7)
Loving, Neal V
Smithsonian. Hardcover. 1560983426 Absolutely Brand New. No writing or marks and in pristine condition. Immediate shipping for all orders and FREE STANDARD DELIVERY on Domestic US Orders! International, APO, FPO and PO Box addresses accepted. All of our titles are exactly the same title as shown and are 100% Guaranteed! Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. . New. ( more information) Offered by Actinia Bookstores (United States)
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Loving's Love: a Black American's Experience in Aviation
Loving, Neal V
Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1994 Good in Good jacket Collectible Good in Good jacket Ex Library Text is CLEAN, in good condition! retired library book, may contain minor stickers or stamps,. Hard Cover. Good/Good. ( more information) Offered by Midwest Book Company (United States)
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