About this title: At the start of the 20th century the United States led the world in advances in aviation, with the first successful engine-powered flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and Dayton, Ohio, beginning in 1903. Fifteen years later, however, American airmen flew European-designed aircraft because American planes were woefully inadequate for services on the Western Front. Why was the United States so poorly prepared to engage in aerial combat in World War II? To answer this question, Herbert Johnson takes a hard look at the early years of US military aviation, exploring the cultural, technical, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Description: New in new dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in MINT condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 298 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Description: New in new dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in MINT condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 298 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Description: New in New jacket. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. Explores the cultural, technical, political, and organizatinal factors involved in the evolution of aviation from its earliest beginnings. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Description: New in new dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are in MINT condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 298 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
Edition: 1st printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780807826270ISBN:0807826278
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