America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 / Janet R. Daly Bednarek.
America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 / Janet R. Daly Bednarek.
America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 / Janet R. Daly Bednarek.
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2001.
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N387.736/27
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English
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Physical content
viii, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Pioneer Efforts: World War I to 1926 -- 2. The Era of Airport Enthusiasm, 1926-33 -- 3. Depression and Reality: The Fading Enthusiasm -- 4. We Have to Have a Plan (And Money to Pay for It): Cities, the Federal Government, and Airports, 1933-40 -- 5. City Planning and Municipal Airports, 1927-40 -...
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College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2001.
Edition
1st ed.
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Texas
Date Published
c2001.
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Summary
"Chicago-O'Hare, DFW, LAX, New York-La Guardia. Across the country, Americans take for granted the convenience of air flight from one city to another. The federal role in managing air traffic and the cooperative corporate planning of major airlines mask to some degree the fact that those airports are not jointly owned or managed, but rather are loc...
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America's airports : airfield development, 1918-1947 / Janet R. Daly Bednarek.
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Centennial of flight series ; no. 1.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-220) and index.
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c2001.
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N387.736/27
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74VKp2OL5JNZ
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1585449288 (electronic bk.)
9781585441303
1585441309
9781585449286 (electronic bk.)
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387.736097309041
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991019166919702626
