The Flying Carpet Halliburton

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The flying carpet halliburton.

Richard halliburton s publishers gave him five months to finish his book and the flying carpet was published late that year. Thirsting for a new adventure and announcing that an adventure not in the air is obsolete richard halliburton hired pioneer aviator moye stephens in 1931 and fearlessly set out to circle the world in an open cockpit biplane optimistically named the flying carpet. Seven league boots richard halliburton. Everest flew over the taj mahal upside down and dropped down into the jungles of borneo to visit native head hunters.

The flying carpet was halliburton s fourth and most famous book and details his epic adventures flying a bi plane through remote parts of the globe. Having landed in darwin northern territory of australia she headed down to sydney arriving in march 1932. Through the mediterranean in the wake of odysseus tauris parke paperbacks richard halliburton. The royal road to romance richard halliburton.

They flew to french foreign legion outposts and across the sahara to timbuktu. The flying carpet was halliburton s fourth and most famous book and details his epic adventures flying a bi plane through remote parts of the globe. 3 8 out of 5 stars 7. They embarked on one of the most fantastic extended air journeys ever.

Everest flew over the taj mahal upside down and dropped down into the jungles of borneo to visit native head hunters. 4 2 out of 5 stars 10. The flying carpet by richard halliburton. What resulted was this book.

Their flight took them to asia including india persia malaysia and other countries. In 1930 halliburton hired pioneer aviator moye stephens on the strength of a handshake for no pay but unlimited expenses to fly him around the world in an open cockpit biplane the modified stearman c 3b was named the flying carpet after the magic carpet of fairy tales subsequently the title of his 1932 best seller. Adventures in a biplane from timbuktu to everest and beyond tauris parke paperbacks richard halliburton. It recounts how halliburton landed in timbuctoo passed over mt.

In 1931 adventure junky richard halliburton hired moye stephens to fly him around the world in a two seater bi plane dubbed the flying carpet along they way when he wasn t reading the arabian nights or playing his phonograph under that stars to the awestruck locals he was taking copious notes. For halliburton he piloted a stearman c 3b biplane named the flying carpet and halliburton wrote a book of the same name published in 1932 which became a best seller. Author of the royal road to romance the glorious adventure new worlds to conquer. For halliburton it was the ultimate in romantic risky exploration and was a.

Moye stephens found himself shut out of airline flying but when war s approach boosted the demand for military aircraft he became the corporate secretary and test pilot for northrop aircraft.