Format:
viii, 211 Seiten
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Illustrationen
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24 cm
ISBN:
9781138368743
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9780367729608
Note:
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Introduction -- Entrepreneurship, its origins and recent experience -- Overview of the global aviation industry 1903 to 1945 -- Entrepreneurial aviators -- The earliest days in the United States : the Wright brothers, Glenn H. Curtiss, Allan Lockheed and Glenn L. Martin -- The French connection : Louis Blériot Raymond Saulnier, the Farman brothers and Marcel Dassault -- The British pioneers : A.V. Roe, the Short brothers, Robert Blackburn and Frederick Handley -- The captains of industry : George holt Thomas and Thomas Sopwith -- From domestic aviation to military : Geoffrey de Havilland and Nevil Shute -- The engine makers : Henry Royce and Frederick B. Rentschler -- A new era of transport : James Smith McDonnell, Donald Willis Douglas and William Boeing -- Summary -- A global industry -- Starters and runners : innovation and security industry -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Index
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-429-42906-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
USA
;
Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie
;
Luftfahrt
;
Geschichte
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USA
;
Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie
;
Luftfahrt
;
Geschichte
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