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Austin, Cleared for Takeoff : Aviators, Businessmen, and the Growth of an American City /
Austin, Texas, entered the aviation age on October 29, 1911, when Calbraith Perry Rodgers landed his Wright EX Flyer in a vacant field near the present-day intersection of Duval and 45th Streets. Some 3,000 excited people rushed out to see the pilot and his plane, much like the hundreds of thousands...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Cal, Glenn, Benny, and the Origins of Austin Aviation
- 2. Austin, the University of Texas, and World War I
- 3. Barnstormers, Businessmen, and High Hopes for the Future
- 4. A Bright Side of the Great Depression
- 5. War Training Returns to the University
- 6. An Era of Peace and the Growth of Private Flying
- 7. Mueller, Marfa, and the Gathering Storm
- 8. Era of Indecision
- 9. City on a Tightwire
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index