Aviation's Golden Age - Portraits From the 1920s and 1930s (gnv64)

Aviation's Golden Age - Portraits From the 1920s and 1930s
Edited by William M. Leary
Univ of Iowa | October 1989 | ISBN-10: 0877452423 | scanned PDF | 201 pages | 15.9 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Aviations-Golden-Age-Portraits-1920s/dp/0877452423

Offers profiles of Americans who influenced the development of aviation and its legal and administrative foundations.
What do the inventor of the Model T, two world-renowned art and philanthropy moguls, and a past U.S. president have to do with flying?
Henry Ford, Daniel and Harry Guggenheim, and Herbert Hoover all made pivotal contributions to the burgeoning field of aeronautics during an age when Lindbergh, Earhart, Maitland, and Macready captured the hearts and the spirits of the American people. Few people, then or now, were aware of the impact on aviation made by these and other earthbound individuals. Aviation's Golden Age examines the feats and accomplishments of these forgotten men. Eight of the nation's leading experts in aviation history have contributed these fascinating portraits. Also included are over twenty historical photographs that capture the excitement of the era.

CONTENTS
Introduction : ix
Henry Ford and Aeronautics during the 1920s : 1
William M. Leary
Daniel and Harry Guggenheim and the Philanthropy of Flight : 18
Richard P. Hall ion
W i lliam P. MacCracken, Jr. , and the Regulation of Civil Aviation : 35
Nick A. Komons
William A . Moffett and the Development of Naval Aviation : 60
Wm. ]. Armstrong
Benjamin Foulois and the Fight for an Independent Air Force : 74
John F. Shiner
George W. Lewis and the Management of Aeronautical Research : 93
]ames R. Hansen
Edward Pearson Warner and the New Air Age : 1 13
Roger E. Bilstein
Herbert Hoover and the Golden Age of Aviation : 1 2 7
David D. Lee
Notes : 149
Bibliographical Essays : 1 79
Contributors : 1 9 1
Index : 193