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Austin, Cleared for Takeoff : Aviators, Businessmen, and the Growth of an American City.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture SeriesPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292797178
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Austin, Cleared for TakeoffDDC classification:
  • 387.7/09764/31
LOC classification:
  • TL522
Online resources:
Contents:
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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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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