In 1933, the Boeing Aircraft Company set a new standard for air transportation by introducing the Boeing 247 a graceful, all-metal, twin-engined aircraft that was 50 percent faster than the competition. Van der Linden traces the development of the 247 and the odyssey from its brief period of dominance through years of reliable service for regional carriers, for the Allied air forces, for airlines in the Andes and the Amazon basin, for bush pilots in Alaska, and for crop dusters. Includes photographs, detailed drawings, specifications, a service chronology for each plane, and the original instructions for pilots. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Boeing 247: The First Modern Airliner

History

Van Der Linden, F. Robert

Military

Univ of Washington Pr

Each year, millions of visitors flock to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to look at the Bell X-1 aircraft-the vehicle in which Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. This in-depth look at the legendary aircraft tells the story of this momentous achievement-how the technology was developed, conflicts were resolved, and Yeager and his fellow pilots became the heroic figures depicted in The Right Stuff. A wealth of historical photographs of the Bell X-1 enriches the text, which includes such fascinating material as Yeager's official memo about the historic flight. This is as close as readers will ever get to being inside the aircraft that paved the way for supersonic flight, thus ushering in the era of space exploration.

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier

Biographies & Memoirs

Winter, Frank H.

Pisano, Dominick A.

Historical

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Conventional wisdom credits only entrepreneurs with the vision to create America's commercial airline industry and contends that it was not until Roosevelt's Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 that federal airline regulation began. In Airlines and Air Mail , F. Robert van der Linden persuasively argues that Progressive republican policies of Herbert Hoover actually fostered the growth of American commercial aviation. Air mail contracts provided a critical indirect subsidy and a solid financial foundation for this nascent industry. Postmaster General Walter F. Brown used these contracts as a carrot and a stick to ensure that the industry developed in the public interest while guaranteeing the survival of the pioneering companies. Bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, and politicians of all stripes are thoughtfully portrayed in this thorough chronicle of one of America's most resounding successes, the commercial aviation industry.

Airlines and Air Mail: The Post Office and the Birth of the Commercial Aviation Industry

Americas

University Press of Kentucky

Illustrates and describes over ninety aircraft owned and exhibited by the museum

Aircraft of the National Air and Space Museum

Engineering & Transportation

Oakes, Claudia M.

Brooks-Pazmany, Kathleen L.

Transportation

Smithsonian

Examines the history of aeronautics, covering each decade since the experiments of the Wright Brothers, and features details about notable people, events, and machines.

100 Years of Flight: A Chronicle of Aerospace History, 1903-2003 (Library of Flight)

F Winter and F Van Der Linden, National Air and Space Museum

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)

The National Air &amp; Space Museum preserves more than 350 aircraft at its restoration facility in Maryland, many of which are the last of their kind in existence. This magnificent book walks the reader through the restoration and preservation facility and provides photographs and histories of some of its most notable aircraft.

The Nation's Hangar: The Aircraft Collection Of The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Smithsonian National Air And Space Museum

Howell Pr

The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian offers a fascinating textual and visual history of civilian, military, and commercial aviation from the earliest balloon flights to today's most advanced aircraft. The Nation's Hangar charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around the world. F. Robert Van Der Linden, a Smithsonian curator and leading expert on aviation history, explains the fascinating stories behind aviation's great technological advances and provides historic and social context that highlights the many ways in which these innovations have changed the course of human history. The Nation's Hangar is also a visual delight. The Smithsonian aircraft collection has never looked so compelling and sleek. The Nation's Hangar is a must-have for that fly boy or fly girl in your flight pattern.

The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian

Smithsonian Books

Experience the thrill of flying some of the world's most important airplanes and spacecraft. Best of the National Air and Space Museum provides unprecedented access to the most popular museum in the world. The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum hosts an average of seven million visits every year. The Udvar-Hazy Center—three football fields long and ten stories high—receives more than one million visits annually. Best of the National Air and Space Museum features the best of both museums, from the Challenger space shuttle and the Wright flyer to the Spirit of St. Louis and the stealth bomber. Robert Van der Linden, curator of aeronautics, has selected the most important, popular, and just plain impressive aircraft and spacecraft from the collections of both museums to be showcased in this beautiful book. Each page spread includes intriguing facts of the item's design, use, mission, specifications, and dimensions. A must-have for space and aviation buffs.

Best of the National Air and Space Museum

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