Chicago aviation : an illustrated history /
Young, David,1940 September 22-
DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press,
c2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-246) and index.
Chicago at the dawn of powered flight. The balloons ; Octave Chanute ; The flying machine comes to Chicago ; The Aero Club. -- Chicago as a growing air center. The first airports ; The changes that war brought ; Early commercial aviation ; Airlines come to Chicago. -- Chicago -- airport to a nation. Air disasters ; Emergence of modern airlines ; The airports ; The jet age. -- Epilogue. -- Appendices: 1911 International Air Show ; Major air disasters in the Chicago area ; Intercity travel mileage ; Chicago airport traffic ; United Airlines fleet.
Aeronautics