The American Aviation Experience: A HistoryTim Brady 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. The American Aviation Experience includes 335 black-and-white photographs, two maps, and an appendix, "Leonardo da Vinci and the Science of Flight.." |
Contents
The Ancients | 1 |
Developments Before the Wright Brothers | 91 |
Orville and Wilbur Wright | 101 |
Preparation and Discovery | 107 |
Advancements | 113 |
Experiment Association | 122 |
Military Airpower Developments | 255 |
The War in Vietnam | 265 |
Naval Aviation | 287 |
Government and Aviation | 295 |
An Anthology of Key Aviation Legislation | 303 |
Early Dirigible Development | 320 |
Postwar Development | 326 |
African American Pioneers in Aviation | 349 |
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The Cold | 279 |
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