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by Nova Hall
“The truth will come out eventually”. - Donald A. Hall, 40th Anniversary May 1967
Inside the cracked and weathered exterior of an old steamer trunk, a family secret was waiting to be discovered. In 1999 Nova Hall, grandson of Donald A. Hall, uncovered a locked World War I era steamer trunk in his family’s garage. The trunk held a collection of more than 100 never-before-seen photographs, personal correspondence with Charles A. Lindbergh, original documents, design instruments, models, negatives, and film footage. Through those “treasures” archived by Donald A. Hall, we discover the mysterious man behind Lindbergh’s historic flight to Paris. This book is a visually inspiring story of their teamwork and triumph.
It all began in late February 1927 when chief engineer Donald A. Hall first met the young aviator Charles A. Lindbergh. What Lindbergh proposed was not only controversial, but seemingly impossible. All who had attempted the Atlantic crossing by air were lost or had died on the runway. Nevertheless, these two strangers came to trust each other. Sixty days later, their concept of a trans-Atlantic flight became reality in the form of a specialized aircraft that only Lindbergh could fly.
Spirit and Creator is a unique fine-photography coffee table book by the designer's grandson that features over two hundred original photographs and documents. The book allows us to share the excitement as the aircraft is designed, shaped, and built, step by step, by the men and women of Ryan Airlines and reveals the unknown story of Donald A. Hall, the mysterious man behind Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight to Paris.
 $39.95 Includes USPS Priority Shipping Hardcover (9" x 12"), 185pp. |
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