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In October of 1910, only four years before the outbreak of World Conflict I, nobody realized whether planes, dirigibles, or balloons would prevail. Within a period of 17 days, this question was on perfect display, as the dirigible America tried out to cross the Atlantic; huge crowds gathered at horse-racing paths to view airplanes competition around overhead; and ballooning teams from about the world became popular from St. Louis in pursuit of the Bennett International Balloon Glass, directed at the balloon that traveled the farthest. The remarkable denouement would stun the united states and lay the foundation for the environment make. In Chasing Icarus, Gavin Mortimer has plumbed original and primary sources to color a stunning picture of the launching point of flight, and an indelible family portrait of the late-Edwardian world about to explode into war.
