By Stephen Olvey
Published 2008 by Haynes Publishing
Long before Jack Osbourne became an adrenalin junkie and Evel Knievel decided to jump over buses for a living there was ‘Lucky’ Herschel McKee. The front cover describes McKee as ‘Barnstormer, war hero, test pilot, motor racer, scoundrel.’ Intrigued by the sepia photograph of an old fashioned aviator confidently grinning back at me I decided to find out more about him.
Author Olvey is in an excellent position to shed light on who Mc...