Airlines of the Jet Age : a history / R.E.G. Davies

Author:: Davies, R. E. G. (Ronald Edward George)
Published:: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press ; Lanham, Md. : In cooperation with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xvi, 461 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

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Smithsonian contribution to knowledge

Contents:

Piston-engine prelude -- The first jet age -- The second jet age -- Airline deregulation -- Transformation in Europe -- Rise of Asia and the Pacific Rim -- The Commonwealth adjusts -- Africa -- Transitions -- Appendix 1. Selected aircraft specifications -- Appendix 2. Notable events and facts -- Appendix 3. Monetary conversion from 1940-2010 -- Appendix 4. The five freedoms of the air -- Appendix 5. The world's largest airlines.

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ISBN:

9780978846084 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0978846087 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Engineering copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.

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Paterno Libraries Endowment

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