By Ross Smyth
Erroll Boyd took off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland on 9 October 1930 and flew into Canadian and aviation history as the first Canadian to fly across the North Atlantic. Smyth's book resurrects Boyd's heroics and returns to fame one of the most important aviators of the Golden Age of Flight.
Feted by royalty and political leaders on both sides of the big pond, this first Canadian to fly across the North Atlantic--and the first pilot of any nationality to make the flight outside of the summer season--has since disappeared fromour historical consciousness.
Ross Smyth has gone back in time to trace the life of this forgotten Canadian hero--from his childhood in Toronto to his internment in Holland during the First World War through to his many record-setting flights and beyond to his final days as an aging pioneer of flight.
Smyth's book resurrects Boyd's heroics, and returns to fame one of the most important aviators of the Golden Age of Flight.
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