Loving's Love : A Black American's Experience in Aviation

By Neal V. Loving

Book Overview

The uplifting autobiography of a remarkable aviator who was the first African American and first double amputee licensed as a racing pilot In 1926, a young Neal Loving saw a de Havilland DH-4 biplane... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560983426
• ISBN13: 9781560983422
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Superman flies

Nothing stops this man. He lives his dream. And he does it with such good grace and aesthetic sense, that it leaves you wondering that it was even real. A work of art of a life. Makes one feel shabby by comparison, a complainer about trifles, a quitter. We all max out at about the same number of breaths in this span. Or fewer. Don't let worry about that, or anything else, stop you. Climb aboard Neal's racing plane, the "Loving's Love" for the antidote. The real definition of passion in this little book's pages. Samurai level.

Amazing aviation story of perserverence.

Great story of the life of Neal Loving starting as a poor young boy in Detroit striving for his dream. Few people could face the setbacks he did and still be successful. He is inspirational.

Loving's courage knew no bounds.

Loving's Love is a story of a courage that was sustained by the author's intense love of flight and a determination that refused to quit. His setbacks would have devastated the normal mortal, but Neal Loving never gave up. His superior intellect gave him the wisdom to create and his love of flight gave him wings. He flew, he designed, he taught, he engineered, and he loved--his wife, Clare, and flight. His airplane is in the EAA AirVenture Museum;his heart will always be in the sky. No one should miss the opportunity to read this book. Ann L. Cooper