The Enterprise of Flight: The American Aviation and Aerospace Industry (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560989645 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Matthew Moon said Book. Great book.. "An Outstanding Overview of a Complex Sector of the Economy" according to Roger D. Launius. The aerospace industry has been essentially a "black box" little understood and magical in operation. Historians of flight tend to concentrate on invention, research and development, test and evaluation, and the details of military or civil operations. Accordingly, there are good histories of the development of certain aircraft, such as the F-An Outstanding Overview of a Complex Sector of the Economy Roger D. Launius The aerospace industry has been essentially a "black box" little understood and magical in operation. Historians of flight tend to concentrate on invention, research and development, test and evaluation, and the details of military or civil operations. Accordingly, there are good histories of the development of certain aircraft, such as the F-4, and good histories of its use as an instrument of air power in the American military. There is a failure, however, to explore and understand what really took place on the shop floor of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as it built the F-4 fighter.Roger Bilstein, retired from the Univ. , and good histories of its use as an instrument of air power in the American military. There is a failure, however, to explore and understand what really took place on the shop floor of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as it built the F-An Outstanding Overview of a Complex Sector of the Economy Roger D. Launius The aerospace industry has been essentially a "black box" little understood and magical in operation. Historians of flight tend to concentrate on invention, research and development, test and evaluation, and the details of military or civil operations. Accordingly, there are good histories of the development of certain aircraft, such as the F-4, and good histories of its use as an instrument of air power in the American military. There is a failure, however, to explore and understand what really took place on the shop floor of McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as it built the F-4 fighter.Roger Bilstein, retired from the Univ. fighter.Roger Bilstein, retired from the Univ
Launius)establishes Bilstein as the most accessible guide to American aerospace history. (Roger D. (Technology And Culture)A masterly synthesis by a master historian (Lewis, David) . A masterly synthesis by a master historiannnnn (Lewis, David)Making stunning use of recently available documents and scholarly writings, this book succeeds in capturing the essence of a major American technological enterprise
Roger E. He is the author of seven previous books on aviation and the aerospace industry. Bilstein is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
The Enterprise of Flight is a highly praised contribution to the literature on American aviation and space exploration history. In a new introduction for this paperback edition, Roger E. Bilstein explains how international competition has affected American aerospace and airline manufacturers and updates the ongoing controversy over the high cost of military aircraft such as the F-12 Raptor.