A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years in the American General Aviation History

By Donald M. Pattillo

A history of the business of general aviation: the triumphs and defeats, mergers and acquisitions. It takes you through the growth of the industry, covering origins of personal aviation, the Lindbergh... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070494487
• ISBN13: 9780070494480
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.1" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

A difficult subject put together in a logical flow

The author has taken a difficult subject(General Aviation) that has a history as long as powered flight itself and put it into a format that allows the reader to follow key historical events that shaped this segment of the aviation industry. He covers all the manufactures and the personalities who established these firms. However, the reader should already have a good grasp of the many General Aviation aircraft products that are refered to in the book chapters because there are few photos for reference. This is not a criticism and a reader who is not already familiar can obtain a reference book for this purpose. However,the main focus of the book is how the General Aviation business was formed and the historical economic business factors that drove and shaped this industry from the begining to today. I have heard many in aviation say this type book could not be written on this subject. This author has, and has done an excellent job.