American Aviation Experience A History

Name: American Aviation Experience A History
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ISBN: 9780809323715

ISBN-10: 0809323710

ISBN-13: 9780809323715

Edition: 2000

Authors: Tim Brady

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This book is designed to be a primary text for courses in aviation history and development and aviation in America. nbsp; The seventeen chapters inThe American Aviation Experience: A Historyrange chronologically from ancient times through the Wright brothers through both world wars, culminating with the development of the U.S. space program. Contributors also cover balloons and dirigibles, African American pioneers in aviation, and women in aviation. These essayists—leading scholars in the field—present the history of aviation mainly from an American perspective. nbsp; The American Aviation Experienceincludes 335 black-and-white photographs, two maps, and an appendix, “Leonardo da Vinci…

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Publication date: 1/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.00" wide x 10.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Ancients	p. 1
Developments Before the Wright Brothers	p. 13
Orville and Wilbur Wright	p. 48
Advancements In Powered Flight Before World War I	p. 67
World War I	p. 98
U.S. Airlines Before 1930	p. 125
Developments Between the Wars	p. 151
U.S. Airlines from 1930 to World War II	p. 171
World War II	p. 185
U.S. Air Carriers after World War II	p. 218
General Aviation after World War II	p. 241
Military Airpower Developments after World War II	p. 255
Government and Aviation	p. 295
Balloons and Dirigibles	p. 307
African American Pioneers In Aviation	p. 335
Women In Aviation	p. 367
Space History	p. 413
Leonardo da Vincl and the Science of Flight	p. 433
Contributors	p. 445
Index	p. 447
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