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245 0 4 _aThe American aviation experience
_ba history
_cedited by Tim Brady.
260 _aCarbondale, Ill.
_bSouthern Illinois University Press
_cc2000.
300 _avii, 462 p.
_bill.
_c26 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 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.
650 0 _aAeronautics
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
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700 1 _aBrady, Tim
_d1939-
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