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Flight in America : from the Wrights to the astronauts

Title: Flight in America : from the Wrights to the astronauts / Roger E. Bilstein.
Author: Bilstein, Roger E.
Publication: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.

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Description

xi, 400 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Subjects

Astronautics > United States > History
Aeronautics > United States > History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-393) and index.

Contents

1. The Awkward Years: Early Flight to 1918 -- 2. The Aviation Business, 1918-1930 -- 3. Adventure, Airways, and Innovation, 1930-1940 -- 4. Air Power at War, 1930-1945 -- 5. Air-Age Realities, 1945-1955 -- 6. Higher Horizons, 1955-1965 -- 7. From the Earth to the Moon, 1965-1975 -- 8. Aerospace Perspectives, 1975-1983 -- 9. Turmoil and Transition, 1983-2000.

ISBN

0801866855 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00065494

OCLC

ocm45329141
SCSB-4195526

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries