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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,
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ;
no. 14. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Cal, Glenn, Benny, and the Origins of Austin Aviation
- Austin, the University of Texas, and World War
- Barnstormers, Businessmen, and High Hopes for the Future
- A Bright Side of the Great Depression
- War Training Returns to the University
- An Era of Peace and the Growth of Private Flying
- Mueller, Marfa, and the Gathering Storm
- Era of Indecision
- City on a Tightwire
- Conclusion.