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Pages: 289
Authors: Sam Howe Verhovek
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-02 - Publisher: Penguin

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The captivating story of the titans, engineers, and pilots who raced to design a safe and lucrative passenger jet. In Jet Age, journalist Sam Howe Verhovek expl
Jet Age Aesthetic
Language: en
Pages: 229
Authors: Vanessa R. Schwartz
Categories: Design
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-21 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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A stunning look at the profound impact of the jet plane on the mid-century aesthetic, from Disneyland to Life magazine Vanessa R. Schwartz engagingly presents t
Airlines of the Jet Age
Language: en
Pages: 479
Authors: R.E.G. Davies
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-08-24 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

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Airlines of the Jet Age provides the first comprehensive history of the world's airlines from the early 1960s to the present day. It begins with an informative
Jet Age Man
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Earl McGill
Categories: History
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Nominated as Best Military History Book 2013 in the prestigious journal Air Power History, published by the US Air Force Historical Foundation The events in Jet
Tex Johnston
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: A. M. "Tex" Johnston
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-02 - Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

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One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s, h