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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, [1994], ©1994.

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Bilstein, Roger E.
Description
xii, 386 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Subject
  • Aeronautics > United States > History
  • Astronautics > United States > History
Note
  • Rev. ed. of: Flight in America, 1900-1983. c1984.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-380) 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, 1983-1993.
ISBN
  • 080184827X (alk. paper)
  • 0801848288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
93036027
OCLC
  • 28847615
  • ocm28847615
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries