The Enterprise of Flight

The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry

By: Roger E. Bilstein

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Paperback | 17 September 2001

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This reissue of The Enterprise of Flight: The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry (originally titled The American Aerospace Industry) 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 airline manufacturers, leading to some unlikely partnerships, and updates the ongoing controversy over the high cost of military aircraft such as the F-22 Raptor. In the five years since the original publication, the surge in popularity of executive jets also surprised many, and the operational debut of the International Space Station proved to be a genuine historical moment.

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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)

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. x
The Flamboyant Years, 1900-1919	p. 1
Outlines of an Industry, 1919-1933	p. 21
Aviation and Airpower, 1933-1945	p. 49
Cold War Resposes, 1945-1969	p. 79
Rockets and Space, 1926-1969	p. 108
Airliners and Light Planes, 1945-1969	p. 135
Changing Horizons, 1970s/1980s	p. 160
Global Perspectives, 1980s/1990s	p. 187
Twenty-First-Century Transitions	p. 209
Appendix	p. 225
Chronology	p. 234
Notes	p. 240
Selected Bibliography	p. 271
Index	p. 275
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