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The Enterprise of Flight: The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry
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The Enterprise of Flight: The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry Paperback - 2001

by Roger E. Bilstein

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The Enterprise of Flight is a highly praised contribution to the literature on American aviation and space exploration history. In a new introduction for this paperback edition, Roger E. Bilstein explains how international competition has affected American aerospace and airline manufacturers and updates the ongoing controversy over the high cost of military aircraft such as the F-12 Raptor.

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  • Title The Enterprise of Flight: The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry
  • Author Roger E. Bilstein
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2001-09-17
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781560989646 / 1560989645
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.92 x 5.98 x 0.86 in (22.66 x 15.19 x 2.18 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Aircraft industry - United States - History, Aerospace industries - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001031082
  • Dewey Decimal Code 338.476

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A masterly synthesis by a master historian (Lewis, David)

Making stunning use of recently available documents and scholarly writings, this book succeeds in capturing the essence of a major American technological enterprise. (Roger D. Launius)

. . . establishes Bilstein as the most accessible guide to American aerospace history. (Technology And Culture)

About the author

Roger E. Bilstein is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is the author of seven previous books on aviation and the aerospace industry.

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