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TOE HERALD OUTLOOK Sttunky 1M Outlook op Lifestyle Book review Trophy for Eagles recalls the golden age of aviation Only nine years and 364 days too late to win the Orteig for the first solo flight across the Atlantic Frank Bandfield woke up in the American embassy in Pans It was May 10 1S37 Surely this wasn the room Lmd berg had slept in he thought Memories flooded into s head of that distant day on Roosevelt Field on Long Island on May ll when aviators gathered to reach for the greatest trophy in all of aviation to be the first to cross the Atlantic It is against the broad canvas of history that Walter J assembles his work of fiction Trophy For Eagles Crown Publishers pages about the golden age of aviation and the danng men and women who competed for prizes jobs glory and love At the centre of this book is the fierce rivalry between two pilots in an America of a age the America between the world wars an era that includ ed Prohibition the Great sion and the crucible of the Spanish Civil war It was a time when tion was young and men and women could leap from obscurity to national prominence with a single feat of flying breaking a speed record crossing the oceans or streaking around a course in death defying manoeuvres that kept millions of Amen cans en thralled at such events as the Cleveland National Air Races It is this era and ambiance and the gripping rivalry between two pilots Frank Bandfield and Hugo Hafner that captures the reader And their lives and loves are also touched by such giants of the avia tion world as the young Charles the enigmatic Howard Hughes and the reluctant Emilia Erhart Both men are as different in per sonahty as they are in background And they are battling it out on the ground and in the air from their first encounter for the Orteig when Bandfield s plane is destroyed by fire thus he misses a bid for the Atlantic flight to subsequent encounters in the air and in business TEMPERAMENTAL RACING PLANES They meet again and again in flying competitions and in the shaky business of building aircraft for an infant aviation market Bandfield the engineerpilot wants to build airplanes for reliable air transport But to sur vive in business he has to build and fly temperamental racing planes with his gifted garage mechanic cum aircraft design partner Competition is fierce and ruthless And in all his ventures his rival is Hugo a former First World War German flying ace who has established himself in the US plying the Mob and anyone else who s interested with armaments He s not only an ex penenced and superb pilot but also an astute businessman who is not averse to cutting a corner to make a deal Trophy for Eagles superbly cap tures the spint of the times And the author s intimate knowledge of aircraft and flying makes for some of the most gnpping descriptions of dogfights perilous test flights and the drama of high stakes fly And too there are the roman tic alliances and dalliances of the antagonists with being more than the mere playboy pilot In a bid for sales of their planes Bandfield and participate in a fly off for the military in South America The local als who are all fighter pilots want to see the planes in a dogfight before deciding which type to order Hafner outmanoeuvres Bandfield flying his machine inverted only a few inches above Bandfield s who has no way out since they are both close to the ground This forces Bandfield to land ignominously and the contest goes to Hafner The drama shifts to the S west coast and the early flights to Hawaii Again the antagonists compete and clash Their mutual distrust deepens The mysterious disappearance over the Pacific of Bandfield s lover raises more suspicions FINAL CONFRONTATION The final deadly confrontation takes place in a most unlikely place when Bandfield joins a motley group of flyers to fight in the Spanish Civil War It is here in the skies above a scarred Spain that encounters who is on the opposite side Walter Boyne a former air force colonel and aviation museum director is the author of books on flight and his intimate knowledge transcends the pages of his latest work His descriptions of the early air races are not only rich in drama and precise in fact but realistic enough that any pilot reading this book will feel the bite of controls the roar of radial engines and the smell of hot oil from these powerful machines He superbly describes such events Picture six single seat machines capable of doing or m h lining up and then blasting into the air at the drop of the starter flag At full bore they are heading for the first pylon turn And all the flying at about four miles per minute is at 50 feet off the ground There s no way of minimizing the danger and the pnze money seems hardly worth the risks Yet men and women fre- Hydro ready to handle pressures Ontario Hydro is in a strong post tiJn to weather the cost pressures expected over the next four years said Chairman and President Robert Franklin in releasing the corporation 1988 annual report I confident 11 be able to hold rate increases at or near the rate of inflation while bringing into service new equipment for generating and transmitting and for protecting the vironment Mr Franklin said Hyrtro finished fiscal with net come of million That lowered its debt to equity ratio to the lowest level in a dozen years Mr Franklin said net income was boosted by the upward trend of the Canadian dollar and stronger than forecast growth in the de mand for electricity almost five per cent a year for the fifth year in a row He acknowledged that such strong growth is bad news as well as good for the utility Given this high growth it essential that Hydro s energy effi ciency programs succeed Our target is to reduce growth in elec tricity demand by megawatts by the turn of the century roughly equal to the peak electricity use of Metro Toronto We will also be making more ef STORE HOURS a 6 except Thursday ft Friday 9 00pm 211 Street Georgetown 8777361 CENTRE fluent use of ex sting generating equipment and developing remain hydroelectric sites such as the new plant being studied for the Niagara Falls area And we will continue to encourage independent power developers By the year 2000 we 11 need them to provide at least megawatts more than they do now Mr Franklin said We are conscious thai Ontario Hydro must make the most effi use of the generation equip ment and natural resources available All forms of electricity generation have an impact on the environment So using resources well and without waste is the pnme measure of our commitment to the environment Mr Franklin said fabric forum Prepared by the International Fabncara Institute IFI the assooafon ol professional Thanks For The Memory After your spc cial day it is impor that you care for your wedding gown with expert cleaning and careful storage First pads and any other padding Some padding materials may deteriorate and low with age and sum the dress Point out any stains to your drycleaner The dress may contain invisible stains from food age and perspiration These will later appear yellow or brown if not re moved After the cleaning wrap the dress in a protective white sheet or mus lin covering and store flat Store your dress in a cool dry place Don t store it in a basement or attic Ask your member pro fessional drycleaner about his special preservation and packag ing service for the very best care BARRAGERS CLEANERS LAUNDROMAT Four Locations To Serve You Better BamgersCleamrs fiarragtrs Ctatom Shimek Ctouen quently had their last nickel in fly ing machines with which they hoped to capture money and glory Propellors whirled inches away from the plane in front their arcs delineating the tolerances between and death And total collisions were not unusual Trophy for Eagles is an absorb ing read It kept me coming back for more It is not just a flying book with a lot of technical detail but an accurate and dramatic story the life and times of men and machines It is a portrait of a time of barnyard inventors and of wealthy adventurers who took to the air Their passion and deter mination went beyond the glory of the day They changed America and laid the foundation for world aviation as we know it today has done a superb job with this book and has captured that unique era with authority Tom Welssmann is a Toronto writer and former commercial pilot New books offer ideas for family fun Martha Shirk and Nancy are battle hardened family travelers And their new book Super Family Vacations Harper Row pages takes advantage of their experience They outline skiing history adventure nature cruise re sort and guest ranch vacations A sub directory by location makes an easy guide to use Shirk and Klepper offer general hints on family harmony and sensible packing as a preface to their detailed accounts of more than places to visit throughout the Un ted States They describe each resort city or region and provide price ranges for lodging and dining as well as ad dresses and phone numbers 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