The Flying Carpet Book 1932

It s a great read from a different time a different place.

The flying carpet book 1932.

With many photographic illustrations of exotic cities and places. They embarked on one of the most fantastic extended air journeys ever recorded taking 18 months to circumnavigate the globe covering 33 660 miles 54 100 km and visiting 34 countries. It s all in his book the flying carpet. My favorite of his books is the flying carpet 1932 in which he flies around the world in a two seater flying over points of interest like mount everest and dropping into many spots that had never been flown into before.

The flying carpet hardcover january 1 1932 by richard halliburton. The modified stearman c 3b was named the flying carpet after the magic carpet of fairy tales subsequently the title of his 1932 best seller. Garden city publishing co ny 1932. They embarked on one of the most fantastic extended air journeys ever recorded 11 taking 18 months to circumnavigate the globe covering 33 660 miles 54 100 km and visiting 34 countries.

The flying carpet by richard halliburton garden city pub 1932 see photos. The flying carpet airplane and native peoples. Garden city publishing company inc new york 1932. It recounts how halliburton landed in timbuctoo passed over mt.

The flying carpet was halliburton s fourth and most famous book and details his epic adventures flying a bi plane through remote parts of the globe. The modified stearman c 3b was named the flying carpet after the magic carpet of fairy tales subsequently the title of his 1932 best seller. Everest flew over the taj mahal upside down and dropped down into the jungles of borneo to visit native head hunters. Vintage hcdj book 1932 the flying carpet richard halliburton.

Opens image gallery. Octavo standard book size. The flying carpet is an exciting narrative of true adventure by a young man who liked to live dangerously. The flying carpet is an exciting narrative of true adventure by a young man who liked to live dangerously.

The book is about the airplane in which the author and his pilot companion moye stephens jr follow a high road to romance and love in the air. Octavo standard book size. 3 99 shipping. 2 people found this helpful.

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