Cross-Channel Aviation Pioneers

The stories of the daredevils who attempted to fly over the English Channel-a history filled with triumphs, tragedies, and colorful characters. On July 25, 1909, a dapper, mustachioed Frenchman flying a flimsy, diaphanous airplane changed the status of a great nation. "e;England is no longer an island,"e; declared the Daily Mail. Lord Northcliffe, the newspaper's proprietor, had put up the 1,00...