Traces G.M. Bellanca coming from Sicily to America as a teenager in 1911 through his 42 years of continuous airplane manufacturing operations. Captures Bellanca's complete and lengthy story. Details the beginnings of the air transportation system over great distances. Tells never-before-told stories of Charles Lindbergh, Clarence Chamberlin and many other Golden Age personalities. Tells the complete story of the greatest airplane of the 1920s — Bellanca's Columbia. Softcover 148 pages. 175 plus photos.