Throughout 100-plus years of flight, Purdue University has propelled unique contributions from pioneer educators, aviators, and engineers who flew balloons into the stratosphere, barnstormed the countryside, helped break the sound barrier, and left footprints in lunar soil. Wings of Their Dreams follows the flight plans and footsteps of aviation's pioneers and trailblazers across the twentieth century, a path from Kitty Hawk to the Sea of Tranquility and beyond. The book reminds readers that the first and last men to land on the moon first trekked across the West Lafayette, Indiana, campus on their journeys into the heavens and history. This is the story of an aeronautic odyssey of imagination, science, engineering, technology, adventure, courage, danger, and promise. It is the story of the human spirit taking flight, entwined with Purdue's legacy in aviation's history.

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Charles Walker
Chapter Two: Loren Shriver
Chapter Three: Gary Payton
Chapter Four: Donald Williams
Chapter Five: Richard Covey
Chapter Six: Roy Bridges Jr.
Chapter Seven: Jerry Ross
Chapter Eight: Guy Gardner
Chapter Nine: Janice Voss
Chapter Ten: John Blaha
Chapter Eleven: John Casper
Chapter Twelve: Mark Brown
Chapter Thirteen: Michael McCulley
Chapter Fourteen: Gregory J. Harbaugh
Chapter Fifteen: David Wolf
Chapter Sixteen: Mary Ellen Weber
Chapter Seventeen: Mark Polansky
Chapter Eighteen: Andrew Feustel, Scott Tingle, Loral O’Hara, and Beth Moses
Notes
Index
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