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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | a gripping, in-depth look at how America's $200 billion aviation industry took flight
"To understand the industry, this is necessary reading." --The Miami Herald
"With the precision of a scientist, a good reporter's marshaling of disparate facts, and the vigor of a natural storyteller, Heppenheimer offers an absorbing narrative." --Richard Snow, Editor American Heritage.
"Tom Heppenheimer tells a fascinating story." -- R. T. Jones Inventor of the swept wing.
"An important addition to the history of technology as well as business." -- Publishers Weekly.
"An airworthy briefing firmly grounded in the applied science and allied realities that permit air transport of passengers and cargo over long distances and high speeds." -- Kirkus Reviews. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | T. A. Heppenheimer | | Paperback: | 408 pages | | Publisher: | Wiley | | Publication Date: | March 13, 1998 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0471196940 | | Product Length: | 6.13 inches | | Product Width: | 0.93 inches | | Product Height: | 9.25 inches | | Product Weight: | 1.25 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.13 inches | | Package Width: | 6.14 inches | | Package Height: | 1.18 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.59 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 6 reviews |
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33 of 36 found the following review helpful:
 Not so turbulent AIRCRAFT history Mar 02, 2000
I was disappointed in this book, primarily because I was expecting more information on commercial airlines, their history, problems, and development. There is only one 30 page chapter, "Shake-up and Shakeout", which really talks about airlines in any detail. The rest of the book concentrates on the history of aircraft and related technology as well as some limited information on the aerospace companies (Boeing, Lockheed, etc.) and personalities which produced the aircraft.The title, "Turbulent Skies", is a little more titillating than this basic historical rundown deserves and the subtitle which mentions "Commercial Aviation" may mislead some people. Content may be OK for those looking for aircraft development through history but look elsewhere if your interest is in the commercial airlines.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Outstanding history of aviation Apr 06, 2010
By Michael T Kennedy
This book spends 350 pages in a very thorough history of commercial aviation. It is an excellent history of the early planes of commercial service. We have many histories of military aircraft and their use in war. This book goes into the early airliners like the DC 2 and DC 3. It tells the story of the magnificent DC 6. The Constellation story is told. All of this is fascinating history for me as I was long ago an aeronautical engineer. The modern period is well done up to the mid-90s and the great story of Southwest Airlines and the 737 will have to be found elsewhere. Still, this is excellent history, very readable and reliable.
Great book Sep 22, 2011
By BB
This is a great book on the history of commericial aviation in the US. I learned so much from it.
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Broad Overview Jun 17, 2011
By Info Scout
I thought this book was well written. The author, I believe, balanced the large historical events and trends with well placed engaging, detailed insights. This approach allows one to better absorb the context within which the aviation world was growing and changing and appreciate which individuals and organizations were driving those dynamics.
7 of 14 found the following review helpful:
Great Book! Nov 06, 1999
By Fred
"Technology is your friend."
This is a great book, giving a detailed history of commercial aviation, but doing so in a lively manner cognizant of the interests of any reader. It hits on all aspects of the development of commercial flight, paying attention to those connections between actions in the aviation industry and what was going on with the rest of the world at the time.
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