Dreams of Flight : General Aviation in the United States.

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Main Author: Daly, Janet R. (Janet Rose Daly), 1959-
Other Authors: Bednarek, Michael H., 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press.
Series:Centennial of Flight Ser. ; vol. 4.
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520 8 |a Annotation.  |b "General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and more. Janet R. Daly Bednarek and Michael H. Bednarek have taken on the task of discussing the hundred-year history of this diverse field by focusing on the most important figures and organizations in general aviation and the major producers of general aviation aircraft and engines." "This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation - from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of engines influenced the development of aircraft, from the E-107 that powered the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aircraft, to the Continental A-40 that powered the Piper Cub and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aircraft after World War II." "In addition, the authors chart the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the rising costs and increased regulations that have accompanied a decline in pilots, the creation of an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of "type" clubs, created to maintain aircraft whose average age is twenty-eight years."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 
505 0 |a From first seeds to early blossoms -- The "Golden Age" : 1926-39 -- For the duration : 1939-45 -- Up from the ashes : 1945-80 -- Dreams once again deferred : post-1980. 
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