The American aviation experience
Subtitle: a history
By: edited by Tim Brady
Contributors: Brady, Tim, 1939-
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Aeronautics -- United States -- History
Description: This book is designed to be a primary text for courses in aviation history and development and aviation in America. The seventeen chapters in The American Aviation Experience: A History range chronologically from ancient times through the Wright brothers through both world wars, culminating with the development of the U.S. space program. Contributors also cover balloons and dirigibles, African American pioneers in aviation, and women in aviation. These essayists - leading scholars in the field - present the history of aviation mainly from an American perspective.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index