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Dreams of Flight : General Aviation in the United States.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Centennial of Flight SeriesPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (210 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603446716
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dreams of FlightDDC classification:
  • 387.7/0973
LOC classification:
  • TL721.4 -- .B38 2003eb
Online resources:
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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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.

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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