Louisiana Aviation
Title | Louisiana Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent P. Caire |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2012-04-02 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0807142123 |
At the beginning of the twentieth century the skies presented a new frontier, one that attracted daredevils, businessmen, politicians, and engineers enticed by a new form of transportation. Louisiana entrepreneurs and pilots proved instrumental in ushering in the Golden Age of Aviation. They advanced aircraft design, revolutionized aerial crop dusting, pioneered airmail routes, pushed the limits of stunt flying, and entertained spectators with air races. A pilot and freelance writer with more than twenty years of experience in the aviation industry, Vincent P. Caire chronicles the state's history of flight in 196 vintage and contemporary photographs, many never-before published. Photos of early aviation pioneer John Moisant, air racing champion General James Doolittle, barnstormer Roscoe Turner, aircraft designer James Wedell, and founder of Delta Airlines C. E. Woolman reflect Louisiana's zeal for aeronautics. Caire explains how the efforts of Senator Huey P. Long and Harry P. Williams, co-owner of the Wedell-Williams Air Service in Patterson, Louisiana, influenced the development of viable airmail routes throughout the southeastern United States. Rarely seen photographs depict the Art Deco elegance of the first modern, multioperational passenger terminal in the nation -- Shushan Airport in New Orleans. A captivating visual tour spanning one hundred years, Louisiana Aviation celebrates the state's air history, evident in Louisiana's seventy airports, 5,000 aircraft, 7,000 pilots, and numerous airshows in operation today.
Louisiana Aviation
Title | Louisiana Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Vincent P. Caire |
Publisher | LSU Press |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2012-04-02 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0807142107 |
At the beginning of the twentieth century the skies presented a new frontier, one that attracted daredevils, businessmen, politicians, and engineers enticed by a new form of transportation. Louisiana entrepreneurs and pilots proved instrumental in ushering in the Golden Age of Aviation. They advanced aircraft design, revolutionized aerial crop dusting, pioneered airmail routes, pushed the limits of stunt flying, and entertained spectators with air races. A pilot and freelance writer with more than twenty years of experience in the aviation industry, Vincent P. Caire chronicles the state's history of flight in 196 vintage and contemporary photographs, many never-before published. Photos of early aviation pioneer John Moisant, air racing champion General James Doolittle, barnstormer Roscoe Turner, aircraft designer James Wedell, and founder of Delta Airlines C. E. Woolman reflect Louisiana's zeal for aeronautics. Caire explains how the efforts of Senator Huey P. Long and Harry P. Williams, co-owner of the Wedell-Williams Air Service in Patterson, Louisiana, influenced the development of viable airmail routes throughout the southeastern United States. Rarely seen photographs depict the Art Deco elegance of the first modern, multioperational passenger terminal in the nation -- Shushan Airport in New Orleans. A captivating visual tour spanning one hundred years, Louisiana Aviation celebrates the state's air history, evident in Louisiana's seventy airports, 5,000 aircraft, 7,000 pilots, and numerous airshows in operation today.
Louisiana Aviation
Title | Louisiana Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | Louisiana. Department of Public Works. Aeronautics Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1944 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Commercial |
ISBN |
Louisiana Aviation Since 1910
Title | Louisiana Aviation Since 1910 PDF eBook |
Author | Louisiana State Museum. Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum, Patterson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1995* |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
Louisiana Air Facilities, 1947
Title | Louisiana Air Facilities, 1947 PDF eBook |
Author | Louisiana. Department of Public Works. Aeronautics Division |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1947 |
Genre | Airports |
ISBN |
Louisiana General Aviation Airports (for Aircraft Up to 30,000 Lbs. Gross Weight) Specifications Workbook
Title | Louisiana General Aviation Airports (for Aircraft Up to 30,000 Lbs. Gross Weight) Specifications Workbook PDF eBook |
Author | Louisiana. Department of Transportation and Development |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Airports |
ISBN |
Louisiana Plans Its Future in Aviation
Title | Louisiana Plans Its Future in Aviation PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | Airports |
ISBN |