Round the World Flights

by Carroll V. Glines

Ever since manâ s first ascent in a hot-air balloon in 1783, men and women have dreamed of being the first or fastest to fly around the world. Gathered here are all of the most exciting episodes in the history of round-the-world flight.

Award-winning aviation writer Carroll V. Glines vividly recounts the thrilling efforts of pilots who battled time, the elements, and the limits of human endurance to circle the earth in a fascinating variety of aircraft. Here are the gripping true-life adventures of Wiley Post, Howard Hughes, Max Conrad, Jerrie Mock, John Glenn, Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, the original crew of the space shuttle Columbia, and many other heroes of aviation. An entertaining and highly informative look at the achievements of aviation historyâ s most ardent record-breakers, Round-The-World-Flights is a book that no pilot or armchair aviator will be content to read only once.

369 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

Carroll Vane Glines, who retired from the United States Air Force as a colonel after twenty-seven years of service, is historian for the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders and curator of the Doolittle Library at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has been published in a number of publications and written and co-authored numerous books on military and aviation history.