John Pierce flying his glider
1929
- Title
- John Pierce flying his glider
- Collection
- Caltech Images Collection
- Series
- Academic Divisions and Departments
- Sub-Series
- Engineering and Applied Science
- Identifier
- 10.31-111
- Dates
- 1929
- Extents
- 1 photographs (negative)
- Abstract
- In high school, John Pierce experienced a period of “glider madness.” He eventually became airborne and won some prizes at a San Diego glider meet in 1929. In the same year he published his first book, How to Build and Fly Gliders ($1 per copy).