TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ragsdale,Kenneth B.
TI  - Austin, Cleared for Takeoff: Aviators, Businessmen, and the Growth of an American City
T2  - Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture Series
SN  - 9780292797178
AV  - TL522 
U1  - 387.7/09764/31 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Austin
PB  - University of Texas Press
KW  - Aeronautics-Texas-Austin-History
KW  - Austin (Tex.)-History-20th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations on pages 9-16, 87-92, and 161-168 -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. CAL, GLENN, BENNY, AND THE ORIGINS OF AUSTIN AVIATION -- CHAPTER 2. AUSTIN, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AND WORLD WAR I -- CHAPTER 3. BARNSTORMERS, BUSINESSMEN, AND HIGH HOPES FOR THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 4. A BRIGHT SIDE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION -- CHAPTER 5. WAR TRAINING RETURNS TO THE UNIVERSITY -- CHAPTER 6. AN ERA OF PEACE AND THE GROWTH OF PRIVATE FLYING -- CHAPTER 7. MUELLER, MARFA, AND THE GATHERING STORM -- CHAPTER 8. ERA OF INDECISION -- CHAPTER 9. CITY ON A TIGHTWIRE -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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ER  -