The American aviation experience  a history 
edited by Tim Brady. 
 - Carbondale, Ill.  Southern Illinois University Press  c2000. 
 - vii, 462 p.  ill.  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The ancients / Tim Brady -- Developments before the Wright Brothers / Charles Rodriguez -- Orville and Wilbur Wright / Paul A. Whelan -- Advancements in powered flight before World War I ; World War I ; U.S. airlines before 1930 / Tim Brady -- Developments between the wars / James E. Crehan and Tim Brady -- U.S. airlines from 1930 to World War II / Tim Brady -- World War II / Thomas J. Connolly -- U.S. air carriers after World War II / Henry R. Lehrer -- General aviation after World War II / William McCurry -- Military airpower developments after World War II / Paul A. Whelan -- Government and aviation / David A. NewMyer -- Balloons and dirigibles / Robeson S. Moise -- African American pioneers in aviation / Isaac Richmond Nettey -- Women in aviation / Hope Bouvette Thornberg -- Space history / Lance Erickson -- Appendix. Leonardo da Vinci and the science of flight / Edward McCurdy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0809323257 (alk. paper) 0809323710 (paper : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99088092  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA1-59753 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aeronautics--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TL521  / .A7183 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.130973  / A5121