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Pace Communications
Language
English
Pages
255

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Subjects
Air mail service, Airlines, Commercial Aeronautics, History, United Airlines, Inc United Air Lines
Places
United States
Times
20th century
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The age of flight: a history of America's pioneering airline
2002, Pace Communications
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Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION
WINGS OF DESIRE 13
THE EARLY YEARS
THE AIRMAIL SERVICE18 / THE ORIGINAL UNITED26 / FOUNDING FATHERS38
BECOMING UNITED48 / PAT PATTERSON54 / THEY ALSO SERVE60
ELLEN CHURCH68 / A RIDE ON THE MAIN LINE CIRCA 193072
TECHNOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
CONQUERING THE ELEMENTS84 / ELREY JEPPESEN AND THORP HISCOCK88
THE BOEING 24796 / A TICKET TO RIDE104 / THE SILENT PASSENGER. 110
THE JET AGE114 / MAKING IT PERFECT120
SELLING THE SKY
UNITED AT YOUR SERVICE. 132 / HAWAIIAN LOVE AFFAIR156 / CELEBRITY STATUS164
FLYING ON LEADERSHIP 80166 / FLY THE FRIENDLY SKIES168
GOING GLOBAL
EXTENDING THE MAIN LINE. 184 / UNITED GOES TO WAR 192 / FLIGHT NURSE DIARY. 194
TECHNOLOGICAL FIRSTS. 198 / REMEMBRANCE OF TIMES PAST200 / GENEALOGY206
THE EMPLOYEES' AIRLINE. 208 / CUSTOMER SERVICE FIRSTS. 214
ABOVE AND BEYOND. 216 / EYES IN THE SKIES218
A DAY IN THE LIFE
AN AIRBUS TO EVERYWHERE. 224
WINGS OF TOMORROW
THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT248
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MEMORABILIA CREDITS252 / INDEX253.

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Includes index.

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Greensboro, N.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
387.7/42/0973
Library of Congress
HE9803.U5 G37 2002

The Physical Object

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255 p. :
Number of pages
255

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OL3960880M
ISBN 10
0966706110
LCCN
2001131120
OCLC/WorldCat
48772267
Library Thing
510529
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1483189

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