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- catalog abstract ""An Airman's Odyssey is the saga of the airline industry's early years and of the pioneer airmen who tamed America's last great wilderness - the sky. It is both a sweeping adventure story and an absorbing history of the evolution of flight and flight management, as witnessed by one of the industry's pioneer aviators, Walt Braznell." "An Airman's Odyssey describes the airlines' origins and early development, dwelling at length upon that crucial and immensely colorful period between the awarding of the first air mail contracts in 1925 and the infamous "Airline Spoils Scandals" of 1934. The book goes on to chronicle the advent of the first great passenger liner, the DC-3; the tremendous advances in aviation technology and the boom in air travel during and immediately following World War II; and the reasons U.S. aircraft manufacturers and airlines lagged so far behind the British and the French in ushering in the Jet Age." "A mixture of fact and legend, humor and tragedy, history and memoir - "with a set of operating instructions thrown in for good measure"--An Airman's Odyssey includes dozens of photographs of these airmen and the aircraft they flew, as well as illustrations and discourses on subjects ranging from aerial maneuvers (aerobatics) to the anatomy of a thunderstorm." "An Airman's Odyssey should appeal to not only airmen and aviation enthusiasts but also any airline passenger who has ever given a passing thought to the human endeavor and personal sacrifice that, in scarcely more than a generation, transformed air travel from the most dangerous to the safest mode of mass transportation in the world."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12178355.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""An Airman's Odyssey is the saga of the airline industry's early years and of the pioneer airmen who tamed America's last great wilderness - the sky. It is both a sweeping adventure story and an absorbing history of the evolution of flight and flight management, as witnessed by one of the industry's pioneer aviators, Walt Braznell." "An Airman's Odyssey describes the airlines' origins and early development, dwelling at length upon that crucial and immensely colorful period between the awarding of the first air mail contracts in 1925 and the infamous "Airline Spoils Scandals" of 1934. The book goes on to chronicle the advent of the first great passenger liner, the DC-3; the tremendous advances in aviation technology and the boom in air travel during and immediately following World War II; and the reasons U.S. aircraft manufacturers and airlines lagged so far behind the British and the French in ushering in the Jet Age." "A mixture of fact and legend, humor and tragedy, history and memoir - "with a set of operating instructions thrown in for good measure"--An Airman's Odyssey includes dozens of photographs of these airmen and the aircraft they flew, as well as illustrations and discourses on subjects ranging from aerial maneuvers (aerobatics) to the anatomy of a thunderstorm." "An Airman's Odyssey should appeal to not only airmen and aviation enthusiasts but also any airline passenger who has ever given a passing thought to the human endeavor and personal sacrifice that, in scarcely more than a generation, transformed air travel from the most dangerous to the safest mode of mass transportation in the world."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Flight Plan -- The Education of an Air Mail Pilot -- Beginnings -- The Education of an Air Mail Pilot -- Passages -- Chief Pilot -- The Flagship Fleet -- War Years -- Into the Jet Age -- Postflight.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 229 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Airman's odyssey.".
- catalog identifier "0826213065 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Airman's odyssey.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Columbia, MO : University of Missouri Press,".
- catalog relation "Airman's odyssey.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "629.13/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Air pilots United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Braznell, Walt, 1907-1994.".
- catalog subject "TL540.B726 B73 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Flight Plan -- The Education of an Air Mail Pilot -- Beginnings -- The Education of an Air Mail Pilot -- Passages -- Chief Pilot -- The Flagship Fleet -- War Years -- Into the Jet Age -- Postflight.".
- catalog title "An airman's odyssey : Walt Braznell and the pilots he led into the Jet Age / William Braznell ; illustrations by C. Richard Clark and Tron Bykle.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".