airplane industry

Answers questions most often asked about the various aspects of the aircraft industry.

Constance Bowman and Clara Marie Allen describe their summer of 1943, when they--middle-class art and English teachers at San Diego High School--went to work assembling B-24 bombers, known as Liberators, for the war.

Introduces basic business concepts, using Boeing Corporation as a case study.

Presents an overview of the developments in commercial aviation through the end of the twentieth century, chronicling the evolution from fragile biplanes to huge jumbo jets.

An expos? of forefront military contractor Lockheed Martin discusses its power and influence while tracing the company's billion-dollar growth and presence in every aspect of American life.

Presents photographs, specifications, and descriptions of 327 American military aircraft active between 1915 and 2000, including fighters, bombers, transports, flying boats, trainers, helicopters, and reconnaissance planes.