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America's Airports: Airfield Development, 1918-1947 (Centennial of Flight Series, 1)
Janet R. Daly Bednarek
Manufacturer: Texas A&M University Press
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An Excellent Introduction to an Important Topic.......2004-03-03
"America's Airports" is a valuable addition to the historical literature on the development of flight in the United States. One could argue that the ability to fly is the critical technology of the twentieth century and airports are a critical piece of the infrastructure of this technology. Anyone who has spent hours cooling their heels in airports--and who hasn't--will attest to their significance.
Now Janet Bednarek, one of the permier historians of aviation in America, has written a book on the rise of these institutions from their origins as grass strips to the paved runways and terminals that offered a variety of amenities. In so do, she chronicles the development of airways, air traffic control systems, and the other components of airports from restaurants to rental car agencies.
A core part of Bednarek's book is its discussion of how the airports started as private endeavors and evolved into huge government institutions with local, state, and federal involvement. How and why this took place is a critical element in the history of aviation in the United States. At a fundamental level, this resulted from the seizing of the technology of the airplane for government purposes through the air mail, military operations, etc. Additionally, the cost of operating the technology ensured that it could not remain a wholly private endeavor and that public funds had to be invested for the advancement of the air system. Most Americans accepted this as an important investment in the future of the nation and did not question these expenditures.
By 1947, Bednarek concludes, the basic system of public/private involvement in the airport infrastructure had been solidified and that is where she ends her study. I hope she will continue it in another book, bringing the history of American airports up to the recent past.
Wow!.......2002-02-08
This is the best book on Airports that I have ever read. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in this important subject.
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Hot romance.......2007-03-31
I got this book because I loved reading Jill's "Out of this World" and was happy to see that it was almost as good.
Of all the chick-lit books I've read, this one is top 3 best in it's category.
I was glad the main character didn't waste any time listing the name brand items she owns or going shopping every time something wouldn't go her way. Sheesh! Name dropping is SO annoying! I wish other authors just kept it to themselves: We get it, you can spell Prada and DKNY, good for you!
Not J.S., she focus on personal emotions and relationships that actually matter to the storyline.
Hey Jill, I am waiting anxiously for your next book!
Fun summer reading!.......2006-06-08
AUSSIE RULES by Jill Shalvis is the endearing tale of a high-flying, independent woman and the Aussie who broke her young heart years before. Surprisingly, he might just be what she now needs to stay grounded. ***** Melanie Anderson's entire life has always revolved around flying, even if it is on occasion flying by the seat of her pants. At 26, she is the owner of Anderson Air, her very own charter service. Unfortunately, her business and the other businesses in the airport she manages are barely scraping by. Mel works extra hard to keep things running, because the handful of employees she has are like family to her. The woman who practically raised Mel and owner of the airport, Sally, has gone missing leaving Mel with huge responsibilities. Just when Mel doesn't think the situation could get worse, it does. Bo Black returns to town. He was the object of Mel's affection years earlier and then he broke her tender heart and left. As if Bo's return isn't bad enough, he brought with him the deed to the airport. He claims that Sally lost the airport to his late father in a bet making him the current owner.***** Bo doesn't waste time trying to track Sally down, he believes she may be in possession of some extremely valuable property of his father's. He is also quick in attempting to rekindle a relationship with Mel as the cute sixteen-year old girl he left ten years ago has grown into a beautiful, sensuous woman.***** Mel's nature is to protect her heart since it has been broken so many times by those she cared for she is very slow to trust and even slower to love. Bo is a determined man and eventually Mel's resolve begins to soften. Will Bo be able to convince her that he truly wants her and not just the secrets that are hidden at the airport?***** Jill Shalvis has the incredible talent of creating characters who are intelligent, quick-witted, and gorgeously sexy while giving them just the right amount of weakness to keep them from being unrealistically perfect. The secondary characters in AUSSIE RULES are strong enough to be requisite to the story, but they do not overpower Mel and Bo or the feelings that they are discovering for each other. Readers witness Mel's painfully damaged emotions soften and grow for Bo and will admire Bo's sweet sensitivity to Mel's feelings.***** AUSSIE RULES is a book that I will be rereading in the future it has all of the characteristics that earn Jill Shalvis her very own row on my keeper shelves.
Wonderful story.......2006-06-07
Aussie Rules by Jill Shalvis is a witty, fun and sexy book.
Melanie Anderson lived to fly, nothing gave her the rush, the control and the freedom that flying did. Flying gave her the security that she has lacked all of her life. Her coworkers are her family and she will do anything to protect them. Suddenly her neat and orderly world is turned upside down by the return of her youthful crush, Bo Black.
Bo Black, pilot and plane restorer has come back to North Beach to claim his inheritance and clear his late fathers name. Bo is convinced the former owner Sally Wells stole from them and smeared his dad's good name. Only problem is convincing fiercely independent Mel of the truth and keeping his hands off the all grown up woman.
Mel and Bo both want answers, each feels that they are in the right. As they search for the truth someone wants them to leave well enough alone.
Aussie Rules, I feel is Jill Shalvis's best work to date. The characters are well written, flaws and all. Bo is a delightful Alpha male, he knows what he wants and goes for it. But he is willing to show his tender side to protect those he loves. Mel is a strong willed woman, her past has made her who she is today. She is so leery of Bo can he be for real? Once she lets go her whole world opens up.
Jill Shalvis writes keepers. The chemistry between the characters burns up every page. The secondary characters add such depth to an already knock out book.
fine battle of the sexes.......2006-06-07
Melanie "Mel" Anderson manages more than just the North Beach Airport in California; she helps her employees and her business partner with their scrambled lives. To Mel this is her family though she misses her surrogate mother the airport owner Sally, who disappeared a few years ago.
Australian Bo Black owns the deed to the airport and plans to take control of it. He wants to find his father's missing plane and regain what should have been his except Sally conned his dad when they briefly married. However, his plan goes awry as he needs a revision because all he wants to do is sleep with the enemy who to his amazement he loves; even more shocking is Mel reciprocates Bo's deepest regard while everyone else thinks they make strange bedfellows while wondering if it is AUSSIE RULES or Yankee control.
The key to this fun contemporary filled with eccentric characters is the background North Beach Airport seems normal so anchors the delightful story line from veering to far from the tarmac. The war between Mel and Bo is fought on several fronts elating the audience as they skirmish in the skies, on the ground, and in the bedroom. Though the climax seems to gentle of a landing for such a zany soaring tale, Jill Shalvis rules with this fine battle of the sexes.
Harriet Klausner
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A Dream Takes Flight: Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport and Aviation in Atlanta
Betsy Braden , and
Paul Hagan
Manufacturer: Univ of Georgia Pr
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Book Description
Long Island is a natural airfield. The central area of Long Island's Nassau County—known as the Hempstead Plains—is the only natural prairie east of the Allegheny Mountains. The island itself is ideally placed at the eastern edge of the United States, adjacent to its most populous city. In fact, nowhere else in America has so much aviation activity been confined to such a relatively small geographic area. The many record-setting and historic flights and the aviation companies that were developed here have helped place Long Island on the aviation map.
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Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the three major airports that transports passengers into and out of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The beauty of the site is admired not only by millions who arrive and leave the area, but by local residents as well. After an extensive study of three separate locations in Virginia, Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to the Chantilly site and later chose to rename the world's first jet airport after his former secretary of state, John Foster Dulles. Renowned architect Eero Saarinen designed the magnificent building that serves as a gateway in and out of the United States. Today, the once peaceful farming area and small villages have turned into a fast-paced business world filled with thousands of new homes and residents.
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In Slipstream, Leslie Larson traces the intertwining paths of five characters as each struggles to stay afloat in the face of major setbacks, minor failures, and a reckless pursuit of elusive second chances. When Rudy loses his job cleaning jets at the airport, his sanity and his marriage threaten to follow. While his wife, Inez, secretly saves her pennies and plots an escape, his coworker Wylie, a bartender at LAX, is about to receive the surprise of his life. Meanwhile, Wylie’s brother, Logan, freshly released from jail, tries desperately to stay out of trouble while traipsing through a minefield of temptation. And Logan’s daughter Jewell is nursing a heart broken once by an unfaithful girlfriend and again by a father who can’t seem to stick around. Though they don’t know it, these five people are headed toward an explosive event that will have consequences for them all.
Deftly weaving suspense, humor, and revelation, Slipstream is a rich human drama with the breathless pace of a thriller and the soul of classic noir.
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Customer Reviews:
Too Much Detail.......2007-08-26
This book had way too many details and took too long to lead up to the major plot. The back describes an "explosive moment", which turns out to be a so-so moment in the last few pages of the book. The entire first 90% of the book is useless details about the characters.
I only kept reading to find out what the explosive moment was, only to be disappointed.
So So.......2007-08-01
I didn't care for this rambling plot at all. Too much detail trying to get inside everyones minds. I skimmed through much of it trying to get to the big explosive event. It looked like Wylie was the only one that learned a valuable lesson from the whole thing.
Boring.......2007-04-16
Maybe I should have given the novel a better chance, but only made it through the first two chapters. A previous reviewer described the work as "high literature," and I have to strongly disagree. The prose seemed unpolished, and ultimately boring. It's certainly not a book that "grabs" one from the beginning. I felt the character development inadequate - I didn't get a good feel of who these people were, or a part of their world. It came across to me a collection of cliches, stereotypes. Maybe the book gets better as it goes, but I didn't feel it was worth my time to keep reading. Not enough sense of mystery from the outset.
SLIP STREAM.......2006-07-07
Enjoyed the interesting, complex characters in this fast moving novel. Great summer read!
"Pitch Perfect...".......2006-07-06
Slipstream, $23.95 US, is an impressive novel from Berkeley author Leslie Larson that you'll probably find enjoyment in. Set in Los Angeles, this drama examines the lives of five characters that all happen to intersect in one place -- LAX. Have you ever been through Los Angeles International? Larson uses metaphorical arrivals and departures at the terminal to illuminate the desolation and melancholia of the city.
Look at some of Larson's characters: Rudy Cullen, he's lost his supervisory job cleaning jets; Inez Cullen, she's Rudy's Avon-selling soon-to-be ex-wife; Tommy Wylie, he's content bartending to anxious travelers; Logan Wylie, he's Tommy's just-released jailbird brother; and finally Jewel Wylie, she's niece to Tommy -- the estranged daughter of Logan -- and a student at UCLA. Unknown to the five, they're all headed for sorrow.
If Leslie's book succeeds, it's because she creates vivid portraits: "The guy gave Wylie a quick once-over. Summed him up and kissed him off. The uniform probably had a lot to do with it, Wylie thought -- the black slacks and the putty-colored polo shirt that said TOP HAT ENTERPRISES over the breast pocket." Larson's deliberate eye and measured descriptions elevate her writing to high literature.
Perhaps you've seen guys like Tommy Wylie before, but do you know their ambitions? Larson wants you to notice the service people you bypass every day, and ponder their lives. She relates how others see Wylie: "He didn't suspect that Wylie could play slide guitar, frame a house, and smoke a salmon to perfection." Wylie's clearly an ignored character. All of Larson's characters are similarly neglected.
Something about Larson's writing just screams social injustice. Who are all these lower-middle class people in Los Angeles, and why are they being squeezed out of a place to live? For example, why would Jewel continue to live with Celeste (and baby-sit Celeste's daughter Rachel without pay) when it's clear that Celeste is really in love with Dana? Celeste is clearly taking advantage of her kindness.
The genius of this book resides in the slow manner in which Larson transforms her book from a slice-of-life drama into a highly focused thriller. Tommy is jittery when he's on-shift at the bar in the pavilion at LAX, but is that because of episodes spawned from his time in Vietnam decades ago, or a more immediate threat? Celeste is similarly spooked by an ominous outdoor warning system on the UCLA campus. All the foreshadowing pays off later.
Rudy is likable at first, since Glenn Waller unceremoniously laid him off from his ground support job with the airline industry in Chapter 2. Readers are initially sympathetic to him, until Larson clues you in that he may not be a worthy guy. His wife Inez has been secretly plotting to leave him, with daughter Vanessa in tow, for months now.
Even though his dismissal was pretty awful, you've got to wonder why Rudy can't just shake it off and transition. He goes home to Inez and reports a big promotion, and then starts behaving strangely -- acting like he's going to work every day when he's really wandering through the city aimlessly -- pilfering items and getting in quarrels with complete strangers.
As bleak as Larson's manuscript is in spots, I don't want to give you the wrong impression. Her characters may come across as being downtrodden or flawed, but they're authentic. Jewel perseveres with aplomb and humor, even though she breaks up with Celeste in the end. Tommy also gets the shock of his life when his girlfriend Carolyn announces that she's pregnant.
My only quibble with Slipstream is that it's divided into two uneven sections, one labeled Tuesday, November 19th and the other Friday, December 13th. Those demarcation dates seem arbitrary since the first section is 253 pages, and the melodramatic finale is only 61 pages. Everything that occurs in the book happens over roughly 25 days, and breaking the manuscript up into four even sections (22nd, 29th, 6th, and 13th) would've built more tension.
The Book:
Slipstream,
Shaye Areheart Books
ISBN:
0307337995 or
9780307337003
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324 Pages
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5 Stars
Chapters:
36 Numbered Chapters
Pros: I can't wait until this is made into a movie.
Cons: I found one mangled sentence in the fourth paragraph on page 304.
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The American Airport covers the architectural history of American airports as they reflect developments in aviation. Beginning with the wooden track that launched the Wright Flyer from the sands of Kitty Hawk in 1903, the text traces airport history to the first military aerodromes used before World War I, to the use of open fields and gravel roads in the barnstorming days when air travel became commonplace for the masses. Also covered is the transition to the jet age, and the subsequent demand for longer paved runways and modern terminals. The final chapters culminate with a look at the modern airport, with all its technology and vast acreage. Archival black-and-white photos and color illustrations depict terminal buildings, aircraft, runways, and support vehicles of each era, showing the evolution of the airport and its airlines as they follow leaps in technology mixed with the whims of style of the time.
Customer Reviews:
The American Airport.......2005-09-05
For those who love airports and airplanes, this is a wonderful book to have. Simple, well-written, but unpretentious, it is loaded with lots of good period photographs and illustrations that cover the historical development of airports and the growth and transformations of the passenger airline industry in the United States. It would have been great if it were not limited to airports in this country, but had also included the develoment of airports all over the world. My suggestion to the author is to try just that: a second book devoted to international airports around the world and the development of the international airline system, particularly in Europe and Latin America, and, of course, including some of the exciting and ultra modern airports built in recent years accross the globe, especially in the Middle East and Asia. I'll be first in line to buy such a book! If you are an airport and airline enthusiast like me, I am sure you will very much enjoy The American Airport.
Fascinating History of the Evolution of the American Airport.......2003-12-24
From the first days of aviation--biplanes using dirt fields for landing and takeoff--to the modern state-of-the-art airports like the new one built in Denver--this book takes you on a historical and pictoral journey across the history of the American airport.
To most travelers, all airports are alike other than the variety of restaurants and shops contained within; most people never stop to look at the amazing architectural details of many of today's American airports. From the art deco style of Regan National's updated terminals to the Native-American inspired "tents" of Denver International to LAX's futuristic Theme Building, this book gives a great overview of the distinctive styles and the functionality of our airports today.
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Californians were panicked by the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, and civilian flights within 200 miles of the coast were immediately terminated. Airfields were commandeered and new ones hastily built. One of these was the Lomita Flight Strip, known today as Zamperini Field, the Torrance Municipal Airport, or TOA. This 490-acre parcel sent four squadrons of P-38 fighter pilots off to war with one commanded by the judge of the Charles Manson trial, an ex-Flying Tiger. Six other pilots became generals, two became commandants of cadets at the Air Force Academy, and one became the only fighter pilot with combat victories in both World War II and the Vietnam War. Japanese Americans returning from World War II internment camps found temporary housing at the field, and the world's largest manufacturer of civilian helicopters settled there in 1973. The first runway takeoff of a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft was pioneered at TOA, and aerobatic champ Bob Herendeen trained at the site.
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TOA - From Flight Strip to modern regional Airport - a History.......2006-12-02
This is a very well crafted pictorial history from the beginning of the Lomita Flight Strip to today's Zamperini Field Torrance Muni Airport. It contains a wealth of information deftly arranged to give the reader a sense of the development of a segment of aircraft and pilots in WWII.
For WWII or aeronautical history buffs, this is must reading and an important record of the growth of aeronautics in southern California, above the usual stories about Northrup, Douglas, Hughes, etc.
The book is really two stories in one, principally about the development of the airport (Ident TOA) and the pilots in training, but also about a WWII POW and war hero, Luis Zamperini, for whom the airport was renamed. Both stories are blended to make fascinating reading.
J. P. Kemper
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- "Excellance between book covers"
- Beautiful photos, very moving!
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Wind in the Wires: A Golden Era of Flight, 1909-1939
Mike Vines
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Take this marvelous photographic journey from the pioneering years of aviation beginning in 1909 through the outbreak of WWII. Watch as aircraft speeds went from a stuttering 40mph to 400mph in what must be called one of the greatest technological leaps in modern history. Filled with aircraft from the Old Rhinebeck, Salis and Shuttleworth collections.
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"Excellance between book covers".......2000-03-21
This book is one of the greatest WWI photo collections out at this moment. Having been to Rhinebeck, NY., and Shuttleworth in England just last yr I can verify that the photos are beyond any collection in one book thats out there. If you enjoy it half as much as I have it's a great buy.
Beautiful photos, very moving!.......1997-10-04
This book is absolutely beautiful. It captures the beauty of aviation in a way that most people will never experience. A must for every aviation enthusiast.
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Built in the U.S.A.: American Buildings from Airports to Zoos (Building watchers series)
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