Dreams of flight: General aviation in the United States

Dreams of Flight: General Aviation in the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-191

  Bednarek, Janet R ^a   Bednarek, Michael H ^a  

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References (94)

1. For a definition of the "winged gospel" see Joseph J. Corn, The Winged Gospel: America's Romance wit Ii Aviation1900-1950 (New York: Oxford University Press1983),3-27.
2. Those works on balloons, dirigibles, and blimps include Tom D. Crouch, The Eagle Aloft: Two Centuries of the Balloon in America (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press1983)
3. Dale Topping, When Giants Roamed the Sky: KarlArnstein and the Rise of Airships from Zeppelin to Goodyear, ed. Eric Brothers (Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press2000)
4. Guillaume Dc Syon, Zeppelin: Germany and the Airship1900-1939 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press2001).
5. Roseberry, Glenn Curtiss302-307. Beachy is also enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame (NAHF). A biography is available through the NAHF Internet site: http://nationalaviation.org.
6. David Young and Neal Callahan, Fill the Heavens Wit h Cam meree: Chieaga Aviatian1855-1926 (Chicaga: Chicago Review Press1981)25-265277.
7. Frank Joseph Rowc and Craig Mincr, Borne on the South Wind: A Century of Kansas Aviation (Wichita, Kans.: Wichita Eagle and Beacon1994)30-35
8. Noel E. Allard and Gerald N. Sandvick, Minnesota Aviation History1857-1945 (Chaska, Minn.: MAHB1993)10-24
9. Michael J. Goc, Forward in Flight: The History of Aviation in Wisconsin (Friendship, Wisc.: New Past Press1998), ii i
10. William F. Trimble, High Frontier: A History of Aeronautics in Fennsylvania (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press1982) 79-84.
11. Edward H. Phillips, Cessna: A Master's Fxpression (Eagan, Minn.: Flying Books1985)5-33.
12. Terry Gwynn-Jones, Farther and Faster: Aviation's Adventuring Years1909-1939 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press1991)3-99.
13. Mabry I. Anderson, Low ond Slow: An Insider's History of Agricoltorol Aviot ion (San Francisco: California Farmer1986)5-17.
14. See Loois S. Casey, Cortiss: The Hammondsport Pro1907-1915 (NewYork: Crown1981).
15. See Tom D. Crooch, Blériot XL The Story of a Classic Aircraft (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institotion Press1982).
16. See Herschel Smith, Aircraft Piston Pngines: Prom the Manly Baltzer to the Continental Tiara (New York: McGraw Hill1981)
17. Bill Gonston, The Development of Piston Aero Engines (Sumersct, England: Patrick Stcvcns1991)97-128.
18. See Fred 0. Kobernoss, WACO: Symbol of Coorage and Excellence, vol.2 (Destin, Fla.: Aviation Heritage Books1999)1-37.
19. For a discossion of early city and state regolation of aviation, see Janet R. Daly Bednarek, America's Airports: Airfield Development1918-1947 (College Station: Texas A&M University Press2001)38-40.
20. Tom Crooch, "An Airplane for Everyman: The Department of Commerce and the Light Airplane Industry1933-1937," in Innovotion and the Development of Flight, ed. Roger Launius (College Station: Texas A&M University Press1999), i66-75.
21. Claudia M. Oakes, United States Women in Aviation1929-1939 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press1991)9
22. Dominick A. Pisano, To Fill the Sky with Filots: The Civilian Filot Training Frogram1939-46 (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press1993),1-8.
23. See Janet R. Daly Bednarek, "False Beacon: Regional Planning and the Location of Dayton's Municipal Airport," Ohio History-106 (sommer autumn1997).
24. See Edward H. Phillips, Beechcraft, Pursuit of Perfection: A History of Beechcraft Airplanes (Eagan, Minn.: Flying Books1992)4-21,25-2791.
25. Edgar E Raines Jr., Eyes of theArtillery: The Origins of Modern U.S.ArmyAviation in World War II (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History2000)14-29,31-56.
26. . Peter Jakab, Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Frocess of Invention (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press1990)184.
27. See Terence Horsley, Soaring Flight (New York: Current Books1946)1
28. Richard W. Wolters, The Art and Technique of Soaring (New York: McGraw Hill1971)23.
29. William Schweizer, Soaring svith the Schsveizers: The Fifty Tear History of Their Aviation Adventures (Falls Church, Va.: Rivilo Books1991)5-6,11,44.
30. See Don Forbes, "Airparks for Tomorrow," Western Flying, Febroary194452-53.
31. Roger E. Bilstein, The American Aerospoee Indostry (New York: Twayne1996)146.
32. Corn, Winged Gospel91-111.
33. Statistics on "General Aviation Airplanes Shipped by Unit" from-1948 throogh-2000 are foond in General Aviation Manofactorers Association2001 GA Statistical Doto Book, http://www.generalaviation.org/ databook/200l!index.html.
34. http://www.aeroncainc.com
35. See Thomas A. Home, "Dealing with the Feds: 'os," AOFA Pilot, Oct.198987-92; see also Edmund Preston, Troubled Fossage: The Federal Aviation Administration During the Nixon-Ford Term1973-1977 (Washington, D.C.: Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration1987)19-20,57-5961-6972-77.
36. William Lear is enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. For biographical information, see http://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/lear.html.- 19.
37. For more information on Learjets following the sale to Gates Rubber, see the National Aviation Hall of Fame biographical entry for Harry B. Combs at http://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/combs.html.
38. Jay Spenser, Whirlybirds: A History of the U.S. Helicopter Pioneers (Seattle: University of Washington Press and Moseom of Flight1998)3-13. The American Institute of Aeronaotics and Astronaotics (AIAA) has set op an Internet site to commemorate the hondredth anniversary of powered flight. That site includes a special section on the history of the helicopter. For more information, see http://www.flightioo.org/history/helicopter.html.
39. For more information on the history and development of the EAA see the organization's Internet site at http://www.eaa.org.
40. Peters and Arnold, Black Americans in Aviation19-21. For more information on Edward Gibbs and Negro Airmen International, see the organization's Internet site at http://www.blackwings.org.
41. See Douglas, United States Women1940-198559-6o94. Olive Ann Beach is an enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. For more on her life, see http://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/beecholive.html.
42. Douglas, United States Women1940-198576-7788-89. For more information on the Whirly Girls see that organization's Internet site at http:!/www. whirlygirls.org.
43. Information on Betty Green came from her obituary, posted April io1997, on the Internet site maintained by the Mission Aviation Fellowship at http://www.maf.org. William Piper is also mentioned in the homanitarian oses of light aircraft. See Piper, Privote Plying, u8-21.
44. Information on the history of aerial tankers can be foond at the Aerial Firefighting Industry Association's Internet site at www.afia.org. In addition to the civilian tankers, since the early-1970s, some Air National Goard and Air Force Reserve onits have been called on to fly aerial tankers in emergencies as backops to the civilian aerial tankers. These are C-i3os equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS). For more information on MAFFS
45. see http://www.fs.fed.us!fire/fire-new/aviation/fixed-wing/maffs.
46. For information on the Boreao of Land Management's National Interagency Fire Center, see http://www.nifc.gov.
47. For information on the Department of the Interior's Office of Aircraft Services, see http:/!www.oas.gov.
48. See Rinker Buck, Flight of Possoge (New York: Hyperion1997).
49. Anderson, Lore ond Slow43.
50. For more information on the National Agricultural Aviation Association, see http://www.agaviation.org.
51. For more information on the R-22, see http://www.robinsonheli.com/BetaII. htm.
52. Little has been published on the history of avionics. For more information on various products designed for the general aviation market, see the Internet sites of the two companies most involved in that market: NARCO at http://www.narco-avionics.com
53. Bendix/King at http://www.bendixking.com.
54. For information on Executive Jets, Incorporated, and NetJets, including a history of the company and the concept of fractional ownership, see http://www.netjets.com/index.asp.
55. For information on Quicksilver aircraft, see http://www. quicksilveraircraft.com.
56. See "Pilots by Certificate and Rating:'-1997 GA Statistical Doto Book16, avail able at http://www.generalaviation.org/pages/statisticsshtml.
57. See also the infor mation available at the FAA's Internet site at http://www.faa.gov
58. The FAA's Aviation Policy and Plans Division publishes U.S. CivilAirotan Statistics annu ally. Information on pilots and student pilots can be found in Table-1, "Esti mated Active Airman Certificates Held, December-311991-2000: ' in the-2000 edition of that publication, available at http://www.api.faa.gov/ civilair/DocList.asp?1D33.
59. For information on the background of the Young Eagles program and the most current information on the number of young people flown, see http://www.eaa.org.
60. Information on amateur-built aircraft can be found at the FAA's Internet site: http://www.faa.gov. The FAA's Aviation Policy and Plans Division published a Statistical Handbook ofAviation1996. This publication is available on-line at http://www.api.faa.gov/pubs.asp?Lev2 - 2. Statistics on amateur-built experi mental aircraft are found in Table-8.2, "Active General Aviation Aircraft by Air craft Type:'
61. See James Fallows, Pree Plight: Prom Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel (New-62. Little has been published on the history of avionics. For more information on various products designed for the general aviation market, see the Internet sites of the two companies most involved in that market: NARCO at http://www.narco-avionics.com
62. For information on Executive Jets, Incorporated, and NetJets, including a history of the company and the concept of fractional ownership, see http://www.netjets.com/index.asp.
63. For a look at the fractional aircraft-ownership market, see Anthony L. Velocci Jr., "Avolar Fadure Belies Strength of Fractionals," Aviation Week ond Spoce Technology, Apr.-12002,36-37.
64. For a discussion of the issue of liability and the cost of aircraft, see John S. Yodice, "Product Liability:' AOPA Pilot, Feb.1988,31-33.-4.For information on Quicksilver aircraft, see http://www.quicksilveraircraft.com.
65. See "Pilots by Certificate and Rating:'-1997 GA Statistical Doto Book16, avail able at http://www.generalaviation.org/pages/statisticsshtml.
66. See also the infor mation available at the FAA's Internet site at http://www.faa.gov.
67. The FAA's Aviation Policy and Plans Division publishes U.S. CivilAirotan Statistics annu ally. Information on pilots and student pilots can be found in Table-1, "Esti mated Active Airman Certificates Held, December-311991-2000: ' in the-2000 edition of that publication, available at http://www.api.faa.gov/ civilair/DocList.asp?1D33.
68. For information on the background of the Young Eagles program and the most current information on the number of young people flown, see http://www.eaa.org.
69. Information on amateur-built aircraft can be found at the FAA's Internet site: http://www.faa.gov. The FAA's Aviation Policy and Plans Division published a Statistical Handbook ofAviation1996. This publication is available on-line at http://www.api.faa.gov/pubs.asp?Lev2 - 2. Statistics on amateur-built experi mental aircraft are found in Table-8.2, "Active General Aviation Aircraft by Air craft Type:'
70. See James Fallows, Pree Plight: Prom Airline Hell to a New Age of Travel (New York: Public Affairs2001)39-4285-98,106-31.
71. Vera Foster Rollo, Burt Rutan: Reinventing the Airplane (Lanham, Md.: Maryland Historical Press1991)2128,32
72. see http://wwwscaled.com.
73. Additional biographical material about Rutan, who is enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame, is available at http://www.nationalaviation.org/ enshrinee/rutan.html.
74. Information on the type clubs is drawn from the-2001-2002 edition of the AOFA Airport Directory The information is also available on-line to AOPA members only at http://www.aopa.org.
75. The definition of ultralights is found in Part-103 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). The FAA publishes its Aeronautical Information Manual/Federal Aviation Regulations (AIM/FAR) on an annual basis. The FARs are available online at http:/!www.faa.gov.
76. Background on the sport can be found at http:!/www.eaa.org/ultralights/ index.html
77. http://www.usua.org.
78. Thomas A. Home, "The ForemostAdvocate: Eighties," AOPA Pilot, Oct.198998-99. See the EAA's Ultralight Division Internet site at http://www.eaa.org/ultralights/index.html
79. the United States Ultralight Association's Internet site at http://www.usua.org.
80. See Paul Schweizer, Wings Like Eagles251-52255-56257-58. See also the U.S. Hang Glider Association's Internet site at http://www.ushga.org.
81. Schweizer, Wings Like Eagles343-44. For statistics on glider pilot's certificates, see the FAAs Statistical Handbook ofAviation1996, Table-7-8, "Estimated Active Glider Pilots By Class of Certificate, December-311987-1996,"-7-13 and U.S. CivilAirman Statistics-1999, Table-8, "Estimated Active Glider Pilots By Class of Certificate,"-1-1, both available at http://www.api.faa.gov/civilair/DocList.asp?1D34.
82. William Schweizer, Soaring203-11, app. ii; Paul Schweizer, Wings Like Eagles345-46; for information on current products, see the corporation's Internet site at http://wwwsacusa.com.-28. Home, "Foremost Advocate;'-97-98.
83. For more information on Women in Aviation International, see the organization's Internet site at http://www.wiai.org.
84. The plane shot down in Peru belonged to the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. For more information on the incident, see http://www.abwe.org/family/peru-incident/peru-tragedy.htm.
85. For more about the history of AirLifeLine, see Michael Collins, "Compassion in Action;' AOPA Pilot, Mar.200165-69.
86. See also the organization's Internet site at http://www.airlifeline.org/ ai/servlet/visit.
87. For more information on Angel Flight, see that organization's Internet site at http://www.angelflight.com.
88. For information on the Air Care Alliance, see that organization's Internet site at http://www.aircareall.org.
89. see http://www.hamilton-standard.com/cda/details/o,34o1,CLI1-DIV1-ET1177, 00.html.
90. Information on McCauley's history can be found at http://www.mccauley. textron.com.
91. For more on AGATE, see http://oea.larc.nasa.gov/PAIS/AGATE.html. See also Fallows, Free Flight68-70173.
92. For information on the GAP program, see http://www.grc.nasa.gov!WWW/AST/ GAP. See also Fallows, Free Flight173-76181.
93. For more on the SATS program, see http://wwwsats.nasa.gov.
94. Michele Berk, "College Park Airport, Potomac Field resume some flights," Baltimore Business Journal, Feb.-252002, available at http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore!stories/2002/o2/25!daily3.html.