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Cargando... Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United Statespor Janet R. Daly Bednarek
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General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. Authors Janet and Michael Bednarek have taken on the formidable task of discussing the hundred-year history of this broad and diverse field by focusing on the most important figures and organizations in general aviation and the major producers of general aviation aircraft and engines. This history examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early Wright and Curtiss aircraft to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the careers of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and others who shaped general aviation--from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of engines influenced the development of aircraft, from the E-107 that powered the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aircraft, to the Continental A-40 that powered the Piper Cub, and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aircraft after World War II. In addition, the authors chart the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the rising costs and increased regulations that have accompanied a decline in pilots, the creation of an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of "type" clubs, created to maintain aircraft whose average age is twenty-eight years. This book provides readers with a sense of the scope and richness of the history of general aviation in the United States. An epilogue examining the consequences of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, provides a cautionary note. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The first thing I didn’t love about this book was the lack of a central narrative to tie everything together. The book was split into time periods and each of those chapters was further split into subsections without a unifying flow to everything. It made the book less interesting and compelling.
The book was also quite short. It was probably impossible to include much of a narrative within the constraints of the length. I felt like a topic would just warm up and the chapter would be over. I felt the same at the end of the book too.
There was also almost no look at jet planes and the interplay between commercial and general aviation. The two can’t possibly be disconnected completely.
I also found a lot of terminology unclear. The authors did a good job of not using acronyms, but then they would say something like “a two place airplane” without specifying that it means two seats. I had to look that up. It distracted from the reading.
Also, the book had about two paragraphs about September 11. Granted, this is a consequence of when the book was published. The effects of that day continue to reverberate in the aviation world even 17 years later and the lack of those implications in this book makes this text more appropriate in the “may as well be ancient history” pile.
That said, it did whet my appetite for more information on general aviation. I am on the lookout for something more recent, more compelling, more inspiring. Hopefully that book exists. Sadly, it’s not this one. (