When the airplane-the first in Texas-was finished, Rodgers ground-looped it repeatedly. Rodgers ordered spruce from Oregon, turnbuckles from France, and a noisy but anemic two-stroke engine from St. the cover of book has a damp stain as seen in scan. the dust jacket has some edge wear and a damp stain to bottom edge of front of jacket. this is a original 1954 first edition with dust jacket. In 1911, after studying the meager material he could find in libraries, he built a model airplane, which generated so much publicity he decided to build-and fly-a full-scale airplane. 1 the uninhibited story of Slats Rogers by Slats Rodgersand Hart Stilwell 0Ratings 0 Want to read 0 Currently reading 0 Have read Old Soggy No. legendary texas aviator who flew out of dallas love field for some time. His rail-thin physique earned the sobriquet Slats. Rodgers moved to Keene, Texas, as a teenager. it was amazing 5.00 avg rating 2 ratings. 'The twenty-ninth time I came down out of a tall tree and left her hanging sixty feet up.' Born in Georgia in 1889, Floyd H. 1: The Uninhibited Story of Slats Rodgers Texas Barnstormer, Throttle Jockey, Flying Bootlegger, Demon Cropduster by.

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