Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry

By Donald M. Pattillo

Book Overview

Pushing the Envelope, a survey history of the American aircraft (now aerospace) manufacturing industry, is the most comprehensive history on the subject ever completed. Though it covers the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472108697
• ISBN13: 9780472108695
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr
• Length: 459 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Overall Good Review of the Industry

With respect and agreement with other reviewers comments on rotorcraft, the bulk of this work is focused on commercial and military aircraft development. Sections describing the trials and tribulations of firms such as Convair and deHavilland who sought to compete with Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed are clearly well researched and offer useful insights. There is a lot of information in this work and it is clearly focused on these areas. If one is interested in why Convair failed with with 880 and 990 aircraft than they will find an explanation here. This is a good read for anyone seeking an detailed understanding of the evolution of American Aviation corporations in these areas.