Airplane Manufacturing in Farmingdale.
Farmingdale, located in west-central Long Island on both sides of the Nassau-Suffolk County border, was an important center of airplane manufacturing from the First World War until almost the end of the Cold War. Aviation pioneers like Lawrence Sperry, Sherman Fairchild, Leroy Grumman, Alexander de...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Arcadia Publishing Inc.,
2016.
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Colección: | Images of aviation
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Foundation Years: 1917-1931
- 2. The Takeoff Years: 1932-1938
- 3. An Arsenal of Democracy: 1939-1945
- 4. The Jet Era: 1946-1964
- 5. Final Years of Aircraft Manufacturing: 1965-1987
- 6. Republic Airport: 1966-Present
- Bibliography