The a history Brady, Tim 1939- text bibliography ilu Carbondale, Ill Southern Illinois University Press c2000 2000 monographic eng

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vii, 462 p. ill. 26 cm. 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. edited by Tim Brady. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Aeronautics United States History TL521 .A7183 2000 629.130973 A5121 0809323257 (alk. paper) 0809323710 (paper : alk. paper) 99088092 DLC 991130 20160527192545.0 261660