Download or read book Wooden Wings Over the Golden Gate: Early Aviation in the San Francisco Bay Area 1910-1939 written by H. Allen Herr and published by Stansbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wooden Wings Over The Golden Gate is the only book to give a detailed account of early flying in the Bay Area. Historian Allen Herr recalls the aviation pioneers who flew weekly exhibitions promoting the Panama-Pacific International Exposition for fifteen months prior to its San Francisco opening. Many of the pioneers formed flying schools, built airports, manufactured aircraft, and competed in air shows. Herr captures the energy behind the Bay Area aviation movement, tells who was involved, and describes the effects of their extraordinary determination and achievements.