Rudder, Stick and Throttle: Research and Reminiscences on Flying in Nebraska

Fascinated by lighter-than-air balloons? Intrigued with the airplanes of long ago? Thrilled by dramatic World War I and World War II dog-fights or the exploits or aviation aces like Eddie Rickenbacker? Read about them all in Rudder, Stick, and Throttle! Join author Robert E. Adwers as he tells the story of aviation in Nebraska in this fascinating volume-from the Baysdorfer brothers (Nebraska's answer to the Wright Brothers), to the state's barnstormers and their daredevil stunt-flying, to Lindbergh's Nebraska connections, to Cornhusker fly-boys in World War II in Rudder, Stick, and Throttle! is an informative and entertaining guide to Nebraska's participation in the development of aviation. No aviation-, military-, or Nebraska-history buff should be without it!