"Jack Knight is an engaging true tale of a genuine American hero whose courage paved the way for air mail and commercial aviation." - F. mail."- Publishers Weekly, starred review Back matter includes creators’ notes and a timeline sharing highlights in the history of the U.S. A riveting journey about an undersung aviator.
Innerst’s atmospheric illustrations conjure the rough elements and close quarters in deep blues and cool gray washes, with fluid figures, stamped text, and finely brushed details adding texture. In snappy, climactic prose, Esbaum traces the obstacles Knight encountered, including bodily discomfort and an unavoidable blizzard in Illinois. Air Mail Service by serving as a relay pilot in the first overnight cross-country U.S.
'Jack' Knight (1892–1945), who helped extend the life of the U.S. ★ "This fast-paced picture book outlines the landmark night flight of pilot James H. Will Jack pull it off and save the Air Mail Service? All he has to do is fly all night long, leaning out of the plane to see, and navigate a blizzard over land he's never covered with an empty fuel tank. Outraged officials and pilots want to prove that flying the mail is best, so they concoct a plan-a coast-to-coast race.īut when a crash, exhaustion, and a snowstorm ground three of the planes, Jack Knight becomes the race's only hope. Flying after dark is risky and crashes are too common, so lawmakers decide to cut funding for the US Air Mail Service. Is Jack transporting a famous passenger? Is he ferrying medicine for a sick child? Nope-Jack has six sacks of mail.įor the past few years, biplanes like Jack's have been flying the mail only during daylight hours. When Jack Knight takes off in his biplane from North Platte, Nebraska, in 1921, hundreds of people crowd the airstrip. High-flying history is brought to life in this suspenseful story of an unknown and daring pilot named Jack Knight, who in 1921 flew his biplane straight into a blizzard over America's heartland and saved the US Air Mail Service in the process.
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