Slipstream : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AIR CRAFTSMAN
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In this book, the author presents the development of both civil and military aviation through the men, the money, the machines, the materials and the management ( 1924 - 1949 ).
Characteristics
| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special features | Insert, Dedicated copy |
| Condition | Good |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Published date | 1950 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 16 x 24 x 4 cm |
| Author | Eugene E. Wilson |
| Editor | Whittlesey House |
Description
SLIPSTREAM is the firsthand story of the coming of age of the airplane, written by a man who was intimately connected with it during the quarter century from 1924 to 1949. It is the story of the Five M's : Men, Money, Machines, Materials, and Management. It is a narrative of the author's relationships with such personalities as Calvin Coolidge and Franklin Roosevelt, Billy Mitchell and Bill Moffett, Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky, Bill Knudsen and Walter Reuther, Eddie Rickenbacker, Juan Trippe, and Jim Forrestal, together with many other associates among the well - knowns and the unknowns who gave to aviation's slipstream its " effective forward thrust ". ( ... )
