SMITHSONIAN HISTORY OF AVIATION SERIES LOVING'S
LOVE A BLACK
AMERICAN'S
EXPERIENCE
IN AVIATION Hardback book with Dust Jacket by Neal V. Loving Over 285 pages © 1994 by the Smithsonian Institution " Loving's Love is the first book in the Smithsonian African American Pioneers of Aviation Series, a subset of the Smithsonian History of Aviation Series. " " " Neal [Loving] has set an example we all seek to emulate.
Rising from very humble beginnings, he has enjoyed a successful career as a pilot, aircraft designer, and builder. Reading his book is an education as well as an inspiration for all ages and interests ...
The story of Neal's life and his passion for aviation that is contained within these pages is well worth reading. "
-Paul H. Poberezny, from the Foreword " " " An inspiring story of an African-American double amputee aviator whose triumphs will impress even the most cynical and jaded of readers.
Neal Loving never met an obstacle he couldn't overcome.
In this memoir, he describes in astounding detail his journey through the racially discriminatory world of aviation in the 1930s, a crippling glider accident in 1944, and life as a successful aviation educator and engineer ...
Written in unadorned, straightforward prose, this memoir is a testament to human fortitude, courage, and joy. "
- Kirkus Reviews " " 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 years as a fledging 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. " Contents includes: " SERIES EDITOR'S NOTE FOREWORD PREFACE AND ACKOWLEDGMENTS PROLOGUE: HASTENING TO DISASTER 1 DREAMS 2 DESIGNS 3 LEARNING TO FLY 4 THE WAR YEARS 5 HOSPITAL DAYS 6 BACK IN THE YEAR 7 INDEPENDENCE 8 THE FLYING SCHOOL 9 BUILDING THE "LOVE" 10 FLYING THE "LOVE" 11 THE AIR RACES 12 TRAVELS 13 IDLE MONTHS IN PARADISE 14 RETURNING TO JAMAICA 15 A NEW LOVE 16 CHANGING COURSE 17 NEW RESPONSIBILITIES 18 FULFILLING DREAMS 19 REFLECTIONS APPENDIX A: PLANE SPECIFICATIONS APPENDIX B: CARIBBEAN FLIGHT LOG, "LOVING'S LOVE" " Both the book and dust jacket are in good condition with some wear.
There are some blue stains from the cover on the inside of the dust jacket as well as on the inside covers and several of the beginning and ending pages.
Also, there appears to be some water damage as the pages are partly wrinkled.
No torn or ripped pages.
No other markings or writing. | 
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