Hugh Armstrong Robinson: The Story of Flying Lucky 13 (Goldminds Time Traveler Series)

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Flying Lucky 13 details the life and accomplishments of aviation pioneer Hugh Armstrong Robinson (~1881-1963). Beginning with his early motorcycle and automobile exploits, the text follows Robinson’s career from ballooning and dirigible flights to gliders and powered airplanes. Flying with his “Lucky 13” talisman, Robinson had many first-flight feats and gave over nine hundred flying exhibitions. Known as a daredevil and a showman, he was also a problem-solver. He invented the tailhook—a device that lets airplanes land safely on the deck of a ship—a concept so successful it is still used today. As a mechanic, inventor, engineer, stunt pilot, test pilot, consultant, and writer, Robinson devoted the majority of his life to aviation and helped to make the dream of human flight a reality.

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Flying Lucky 13 details the life and accomplishments of aviation pioneer Hugh Armstrong Robinson (~1881-1963). Beginning with his early motorcycle and automobile exploits, the text follows Robinson’s career from ballooning and dirigible flights to gliders and powered airplanes. Flying with his “Lucky 13” talisman, Robinson had many first-flight feats and gave over nine hundred flying exhibitions. Known as a daredevil and a showman, he was also a problem-solver. He invented the tailhook—a device that lets airplanes land safely on the deck of a ship—a concept so successful it is still used today. As a mechanic, inventor, engineer, stunt pilot, test pilot, consultant, and writer, Robinson devoted the majority of his life to aviation and helped to make the dream of human flight a reality.

Flying Lucky 13 is the third book in the Goldminds Time Traveler Series highlighting remarkable individuals whose lives provide inspirational stories for young readers. The books also feature a “Did You Know?” section that provides additional details and milestones about the individual, a “Vocabulary” list where the more difficult words in the text are defined, and supplemental reference materials for further study.

Hugh Armstrong Robinson: The Story of Flying Lucky 13 is a fascinating story of one of the earliest pioneers in the field of aviation. The semi-biographical work will engross the young reader in its action-packed history from the subject’s early days as a daredevil, to his participation in flying competitions, and onto his career as a pilot and engineer. His career highlights include being the inventor of a mechanism for planes to be used on battleships; becoming a consultant to both government and several aircraft companies, and even working as an author in addition to editing “The Curtiss Book of Aviation” in 1912. A glossary and fact section complete the book.                            Next Generation Indie Book Awards Judge

 

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Dimensions 6 × 9 × 1 in

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Billie Holladay Skelley received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Now retired from working as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgery clinical nurse specialist and nursing educator, she enjoys focusing on her writing. She has written several health-related articles for both professional and lay journals. Her writing, however, crosses several different genres, and her work has appeared in various magazines, journals, and anthologies in print and online—ranging from the American Journal of Nursing to Chicken Soup for the Soul.

 

Billie also has written eight books for children and teens:  Eagle the Legal Beagle (Kids Book Press-2015), Luella Agnes Owen: Going Where No Lady Had Gone Before (Goldminds Publishing-2015), Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air (Goldminds Publishing-2016), Spice Secret: A Cautionary Diary (Goldminds Publishing-2017), Ollie the Autism-Support Collie (LawMux Press-2018), Weaver the Diabetic-Alert Retriever (LawMux Press-2019), Hugh Armstrong Robinson: The Story of Flying Lucky 13 (Goldminds-Imprint of Amphorae Publishing-2019), and Two Terrible Days in May: The Rader Farm Massacre (LawMux Press-2019).

 

Ruth Law: The Queen of the Air received the 2017 Missouri Writers’ Guild First Place Award for Best Juvenile Book, and Hugh Armstrong Robinson: The Story of Flying Lucky 13 won the 2020 Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. Best Juvenile Book Award (for ages 1-12) and was selected as the Children’s Picture Book Non-Fiction (All Ages) Category Winner in the 2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.

 

Connect with Billie at www.bhskelley.com