Category: Regional: U.S. Washington state

Copyright/published Year: 2009 by Arcadia Publishing

ISBN: 0738571016

Binding: trade pap

Description: Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited ì until 1914 for his first airplane ride. In 1916, he founded the ì airplane company that put Seattle on the aviation map. Before ì Boeing, Seattle featured aircraft builders like Eugene Romano, G. ì T. Takasou, Tom Hamilton, and Herb Munter. Boeing emerged during ì World War I and, by the beginning of World War II, had become a ì world leader. In those years, lesser known individuals like Eddie ì Hubbard, Percy Barnes, Vern Gorst, the Becvar brothers, Elliott ì Merrill, Jim Galvin, and Lana Kurtzer influenced commercial ì aviation around Seattle.

Drawing on photographs from around the area, Seattle's ì Commercial Aviation: 1908-1941 illustrates the early days ì beginning with dirigible flights, recognizes the arrival of ì commercial airmail and the airlines, salutes the local operators, ì and marks Seattle's emergence as the aviation gateway to ì Alaska.

Condition Information

This is a used book and is in Good condition.

Additional condition description

Sound binding. Clean, unmarked text. Slight dog-eared lean to outer page-tops from poor storage.