Turbulent skies : the history of commercial aviation / T.A. Heppenheimer.
Turbulent skies : the history of commercial aviation / T.A. Heppenheimer.
Turbulent skies : the history of commercial aviation / T.A. Heppenheimer.
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New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1995.
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N387.70973/11
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English
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388 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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New York : J. Wiley & Sons, c1995.
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New York (State)
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c1995.
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Turbulent Skies opens just after World War I, when intrepid aviators in fragile biplanes navigated by following railroad tracks. In Europe, with many overland routes in ruins, air transport provided a vital link for supplies and communication. And in America, as the escapades of the famous barnstormers thrilled a curious public, adventurers, entrep...
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Turbulent skies : the history of commercial aviation / T.A. Heppenheimer.
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Sloan technology series.
Bibliography : p.388.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-370) and index.
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c1995.
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N387.70973/11
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74VMxQamqbmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMxQamqbmb
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0471196940 (pbk.)
9780471109617 (alk. paper)
0471109614 (alk. paper)
9780471196945 (pbk.)
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387.70973
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991002804869702626
