num_pages: 408
description: a gripping in-depth look at how America's $200 billion aviation industry took flightTo understand the industry this is necessary reading. --The Miami HeraldWith the precision of a scientist a good reporter's marshaling of disparate facts and the vigor of a natural storyteller Heppenheimer offers an absorbing narrative. --Richard Snow Editor American Heritage.Tom Heppenheimer tells a fascinating story. -- R. T. Jones Inventor of the swept wing.An important addition to the history of technology as well as business. -- Publishers Weekly.An airworthy briefing firmly grounded in the applied science and allied realities that permit air transport of passengers and cargo over long distances and high speeds. -- Kirkus Reviews.
language: English
title: Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation
publisher: Wiley