Entire issue of Gateway Heritage devoted to flight. Includes primary sources such as letters by the Wright brothers and Charles Lindbergh. Chapters are: How We Made The First Flight; To Octave Chanute, Esq.; Lighter Than Air; Nerve and Cold Courage; Well Known in Aviation Circles; The Tuskegee Experiment; Mr. Mac: Sanford N. McDonnell; A Pilot's Story; The Eagle Flies (Irv Burrows recounts his role as the test pilot of the F-15 Eagle). Heavy emphasis on aviation in St. Louis.
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