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Rosalie Schwartz uses the 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures production ""Flying Down to Rio"" to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped a distinctive 20th-century sensibility.

Traces the paired history of modern aviation and electronics, or avionics, from its earliest years to the indispensable tool it is today.

Providing an easily understandable introduction to the role of aerodynamics in the design of such historic American aircraft as the DC-3, X-1, and 747, James Hansen presents a history of aircraft technology and biographies of the scientists, engineers, and designers who created the airplanes.

Describes the crucial f contributions of military flight surgeons who routinely risked their lives in test aircraft, research balloons, pressure chambers, or parachute harnesses. Maura Phillips Mackowski also reveals the little-known but vital contributions of German emigre scientists whose expertise created a hybrid specialty: space medicine.

William P. Mitchell entered the pilot factory at San Antonio's Kelly Field in January 1942. His experiences were similar to those of thousands of young men. Because his mother kept his wartime letters, readers of this book can catch glimpses of a world long vanished and an era that now seems innocent and naive.

Since the Wright brothers made their famous flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, aviation has emerged as the indispensable arm of American military power. In this detailed history, Charles J. Gross traces its development from the Wright brothers' triumph over gravity through the air war for Kosovo.

This work offers a unique approach to humanity's fascination with flying. Rather than just tracing the factual prehistory of flight up to the success of the Wright brothers, Singer considers the interaction and influence of our dreams, fantasies, culture and technology on the age-old quest to fly.

A history of the relationship between cities and their airports during the formative years of 1918-47. It highlights the early history of experimentation and innovation in the development of municipal airports and identifies the factors that made cities responsible for their own air access.