01728nam a2200265Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030010001500071015001500086020002800101020003600129040003500165042000800200043001200208050002300220082002600243245007000269260006500339300003000404504005100434505090000485650004801385700002901433261660OCoLC20160527192545.0991130s2000    ilua     b   s001 0 eng    a 99088092   aGBA1-59753  a0809323257 (alk. paper)  a0809323710 (paper : alk. paper)  aDLCcDLCdC#PdGGNdUKMdOCLCQ  apcc  an-us---00aTL521b.A7183 200000a629.130973bA512122104aThe American aviation experienceba historycedited by Tim Brady.  aCarbondale, Ill.bSouthern Illinois University Presscc2000.  avii, 462 p.bill.c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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. 0aAeronauticszUnited StatesxHistory.2Local1 aBrady, Timd1939-2Local