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Author : Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : MINN:30000001486541
Author : Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780813182698
“Individual women’s stories enliven almost every page” of this comprehensive illustrated reference, now updated, from the National Air and Space Museum (Technology and Culture). Women run wind tunnel experiments, direct air traffic, and fabricate airplanes. American women have been involved with flight from the beginning. But until 1940, most people believed women could not fly, that Amelia Earhart was an exception to the rule. World War II changed everything. “It is on the record that women can fly as well as men,” stated General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces. Then the question became “Should women fly?” Deborah G. Douglas tells the story of this ongoing debate and its impact on American history. From Jackie Cochran, whose perseverance led to the formation of the Women’s Army Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II to the more recent achievements of Jeannie Flynn, the Air Force’s first woman fighter pilot and Eileen Collins, NASA’s first woman shuttle commander, Douglas introduces a host of determined women who overcame prejudice and became military fliers, airline pilots, and air and space engineers. Not forgotten are stories of flight attendants, air traffic controllers, and mechanics. American Women and Flight since 1940 is a revised and expanded edition of a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum reference work. Long considered the single best reference work in the field, this new edition contains extensive new illustrations and a comprehensive bibliography.
Author : Deborah G. Douglas
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : NWU:35556020279998
SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Government publications
ISBN : NYPL:33433067615124
February issue includes Appendix entitled Directory of United States Government periodicals and subscription publications; September issue includes List of depository libraries; June and December issues include semiannual index
Author : Janet R. Daly Bednarek,Michael H. Bednarek
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1585442577
General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. Authors Janet and Michael Bednarek have taken on the formidable task of discussing the hundred-year history of this broad and diverse field by focusing on the most important figures and organizations in general aviation and the major producers of general aviation aircraft and engines. This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation—from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of engines influenced the development of aircraft, from the E-107 that powered the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aircraft, to the Continental A-40 that powered the Piper Cub, and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aircraft after World War II. In addition, the authors chart the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the rising costs and increased regulations that have accompanied a decline in pilots, the creation of an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of “type” clubs, created to maintain aircraft whose average age is twenty-eight years. This book provides readers with a sense of the scope and richness of the history of general aviation in the United States. An epilogue examining the consequences of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, provides a cautionary note.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112063914714
Author : Margaret A. Weitekamp
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0801879949
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Author : Rhonda Smith-Daugherty
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780786489961
Although Amelia Earhart remains the best-known female pilot of the 1930s, Jacqueline Cochran stood as the more important aviation pioneer and America’s top woman pilot. Among her many accomplishments, Cochran was the first female aviator to win the Bendix Air Race, to fly a bomber, to break the speed of sound, and to participate in astronaut training. This revealing biography explores Cochran’s childhood in an impoverished Florida mill town, her early career as a pilot, and her role in creating and leading the WASPs during World War II. It also chronicles her postwar exploits, including her participation in the NASA space program, her unsuccessful 1956 bid for Congress, and her surprising reluctance to crusade for the advancement of women. This detailed profile, removing Cochran from Earhart’s shadow, firmly establishes the aviatrix as a pivotal figure in the history of women in aviation and in war.
Author : Gayle J. Hardy (Davis)
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313078668
Revised and updated, this compendium helps readers identify and understand the scope of key government reference sources-traditional books (including publications catalogs and telephone directories); information clearinghouses; and materials in new formats, such as CD-ROMs, datafiles, and Internet sites. The authors focus on free information and depository materials-both readily available through toll-free phone numbers, mail or e-mail requests to agencies, or federal depository library collections. Materials are fully described in annotations that differentiate between similar materials, identify typical citation formats, and note common abbreviations
Author : Jonathan Coopersmith,Roger D. Launius
Publisher : AIAA
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 156347610X
2003 marks the centennial of manned flight, a major anniversary for an Earth-shattering accomplishment. The papers contained in this volume were presented at the 2003 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting.
Author : Howard E. McCurdy
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801898686
People dreamed of cosmic exploration—winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts—long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs. Space exploration dramatically illustrates the power of imagination. Howard E. McCurdy shows how that power inspired people to attempt what they once deemed impossible. In a mere half-century since the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite in 1957, humans achieved much of what they had once only read about in the fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the nonfiction of Willy Ley. Reaching these goals, however, required broad-based support, and McCurdy examines how advocates employed familiar metaphors to excite interest (promising, for example, that space exploration would recreate the American frontier experience) and prepare the public for daring missions into space. When unexpected realities and harsh obstacles threatened their progress, the space community intensified efforts to make their wildest dreams come true. This lively and important work remains relevant given contemporary questions about future plans at NASA. Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.
Author : Elizabeth A. Hoppe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429791994
The aviation industry is unique in two major ways: firstly, it has a long history of government involvement dating back to the early days of aviation; and secondly, its primary concern is the safety of its passengers and crew. These features highlight the importance of ethical decision-making at all levels of the industry. However, well-publicized problems such as the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 highlight the need for ethics to take a more prominent role in the field. Ethical Issues in Aviation focuses on both past and current topics in aviation, providing the reader with an overview of the major themes in aviation ethics that cover a broad range of subjects. Contributors include academics who do research in the field as well as professionals who provide first-hand accounts of the ethical situations that arise in the aviation industry. This second edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to bring it up to date, and features several new chapters that cover recent events and topics. This book enhances student learning by providing faculty, students, and those interested in aviation with discussion of the most pressing ethical issues that continue to impact the industry.
Author : Gene Nora Jessen
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Powder Puff Derby
ISBN : 9781402229725
The unforgettable true story of the 1929 air race that legitimized female pilots.
Author : Bernard A. Cook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851097753
In this unique encyclopedia, 120 leading scholars from around the world provide comprehensive treatment of the role of women in war, from the first written history to the present. This authoritative encyclopedia presents the work of leading scholars from all over the world to give the first detailed coverage of the role of women in wars throughout history. Histories of war are typically histories of men: great leaders and heroic fighters. Yet the roles of women often receive only limited coverage. Except for such notables as Joan of Arc, traditional histories give short shrift to women as leaders and fighters. Similarly, the direct victimization—particularly sexual abuse as a weapon of terror and domination—and cultural dislocations women suffer in war float as background, without detailed coverage. This work represents a first, devoted in its entirety to thorough examination of all aspects of women in war. For the first time, readers have a single source for information on the scope of women's role in war, and war's effects on them.
Author : Wilma Mankiller
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0618001824
Covers issues and events in women's history that were previously unpublished, misplaced, or forgotten, and provides new perspectives on each event.
