The
Inspiration for Chasing Horizons-The Great Air Race
that Changed the World
Now
available on ebook and soon in print…Chasing
Horizons-The Great Air Race that Changed the World
By Jim Bolander
Represented by Loiacono Literary Agency
Published by Ecanus Publishing
Amazon
This impossible feat set precedence for
Lindberg, Earhart, Redfern and Yeagar. This story touches on every element of emotion: a grand love
story with beautiful poetry written on cigarette wrappers, to flying over
open-ocean in horrific, frigid temperatures and one
of the most patriotic and death-defying feats accomplished until space flight.
This
"Indiana Jones" action starts out with Bolander and his
daughter touring The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum where he is showing her
Chicago, Great-Uncle Lowell’s plane,
which inspires her to write about him for a school assignment. Then Bolander
takes us to that very time and around the world in an open-air cockpit to win
the race. It is an incredible read and a true story.
Chasing
Horizons-The Great Air Race that Changed the World is a historical
fiction depicting the aeronautical challenge of 1924 in which four Douglas World Cruisers and eight American
crewmen set out from Seattle, Washington, to attempt the first around-the-world
airplane flight. One hundred seventy-five days later two of the aircraft and
crews became the first to circumnavigate earth.
Bolander has taken 90% fact and added the
background story to bring it to life. His research and historical details will
chill you to the bone when they are in the tundra of Alaska, make you want to
swat the mosquitoes in the Orient, feel the sting of the sandstorms as they fly
across the deserts of the Middle East, and stand in ovation as they make each
extraordinary landing. Imagine a single engine, open cockpit, and wooden
airplane held together with wires and bands; no GPS, no radios, no heater or
a/c or toilet or any type of refreshments and you are to pilot this “just
invented” flying machine around the world – and before any of the other 5 countries who joined the race. To these
men, there was no turning back.
Britain, Italy, Argentina,
Portugal, and France were all vying with the United States in 1924 to win the
race to be first to fly around the world. The story of what transpired in the
six months it took to accomplish this virgin task is the stuff legends and
heroes are made of. Lowell Smith, the first to complete the mission, is
not only a humble and patriotic aviation icon, but also the great uncle to Jim
Bolander, which makes this world and family history as well. The
desire for Bolander to honor his family by putting into words what everyone has
forgotten was ignited by the curiosity of his daughter who chose Lowell Smith
as the subject of a fifth grade report and oral presentation concerning a
famous American.
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From: 04/06/24 To:
09/28/24 (Seattle to Seattle, WA)
Miles Flown: 26,350 miles Flying Time: 371H 11M Plane Type: Douglas World Cruisers - Amphibians Plane Names: Chicago, New Orleans, Seattle and Boston Pilot Names: Lowell H. Smith, Erik Nelson, Frederick L. Martin & Leigh Wade Comments: 1st Flight Round-the-World, 4 Planes started, 2 finished. |
Bolander has written Beating Kings and Burning Angels
published by Digital Pulp Publishing He has written several other novels and a
book of poetry as well.
Jeanie Loiacono
President
Loiacono Literary Agency
448 Lacebark Dr.
Irving, Texas 75063
912-230-2207
jeanie.loiacono@loiaconoliteraryagency.com
www.loiaconoliteraryagency.com
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