Dreams of Flight : General Aviation in the United States.

By:

Bednarek, Janet R. Daly

Contributor(s):

Bednarek, Michael H

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781603446716

Subject(s):

Private flying -- United States

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dreams of FlightDDC classification:

387.7/0973

LOC classification:

TL721.4 -- .B38 2003eb

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- From First Seedsto Early Blossoms -- The"Golden Age"1926-39 -- For the Duration1939-45 -- Up from the Ashes1945-80 -- Dreams Once Again DeferredPost-1980 -- Notes -- Sources for the Historyof General Aviation -- Index.

Summary: General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and more. Here, the authors have taken on the formidable task of discussing the hundredyear history of this diverse field by focusing on the most important figures in aviation, from Clyde Cessna to Paul Poberezny, as well as organizations and the major producers of aircraft and engines.

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General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and more. Here, the authors have taken on the formidable task of discussing the hundredyear history of this diverse field by focusing on the most important figures in aviation, from Clyde Cessna to Paul Poberezny, as well as organizations and the major producers of aircraft and engines.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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