William E. Boeing Story
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William E. Boeing Story
A Gift of Flight
Williams, David
Fonthill Media LLc
11/2022
304
Dura
Inglês
9781625451163
15 a 20 dias
598
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Introduction; Prologue Bombs Away, 1915; Part I: The Beginning, 1889-1910: 1 Taconite; 2 Boarding School; 3 Wheel, Heels and Sand; 4 Wood Smoke and Rain; 5 Taking Wing; 6 A City Built of Wood; 7 In the Wake of the Great White Fleet; 8 Imposter!; 9 Rancho Dominguez; 10 The Oxbow Plant; Part II: Aeroplanes Are Your Best Defense, 1914-1918: 11 First Flight; 12 Preparedness; 13 Soloing; 14 Raided!; 15 Lawyers; 16 Mallard and Bluebill; 17 Pacific Aero Products Company; 18 University of Washington; 19 The Patent War; 20 The Zimmermann Telegram; 21 Telegram for Mr Boeing; 22 Spanish Flu; Part III: Growing Pains, 1919-1928: 23 The Hard Struggle; 24 Weaving Spiders Come Not Here; 25 Tell the Junk Man to Cart It All Away; 26 B-1; 27 Wet vs Dry; 28 Airplanes Not Cement Sidewalks!; 29 Dearly Beloved; 30 Whispering Wires; 31 Round Up!; 32 The Engine is the Machine; 33 Mr Boeing Goes to Washington; 34 Meeting the President; Part IV: The Great Depression, 1929-1933: 35 Near Death!; 36 Painful Progress; 37 A Million Angles; 38 Pratt & Whitney; 39 Depression; 40 The Monomail; 41 The Silent Queen on the Upper Deck; 42 Dangers at Home; 43 FDR; 44 Model 247; 45 Nitroglycerin; Part V: The Break Up, 1933-1938: 46 Money Matters; 47 Senate Hearing; 48 Not Worth a Nickel; 49 Project A; 50 Gone Fishing; 51 Flying Fortress; 52 Aloha; 53 The Sport of Kings; Part VI: The War Years and After, 1939-1956: 54 The Failure of Peace; 55 In God's Good Time; 56 Boeing Bombers Blast Battleship!; 57 A Day That Will Live in Infamy; 58 Back in the Fight; 59 This Terrible Game of War; 60 Superfortress; 61 Farm Life; 62 Aftermath; 63 Run for the Roses; 64 The Boeing Brand; 65 Bombing the Stadium (Again); 66 "Festung Europa"; 67 Another Empty Chair; 68 Silverplate; 69 VE-Day and VJ-Day; 70 Blue Skies and Tailwinds; Epilogue; Appendix Bill Boeing and Race; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
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Introduction; Prologue Bombs Away, 1915; Part I: The Beginning, 1889-1910: 1 Taconite; 2 Boarding School; 3 Wheel, Heels and Sand; 4 Wood Smoke and Rain; 5 Taking Wing; 6 A City Built of Wood; 7 In the Wake of the Great White Fleet; 8 Imposter!; 9 Rancho Dominguez; 10 The Oxbow Plant; Part II: Aeroplanes Are Your Best Defense, 1914-1918: 11 First Flight; 12 Preparedness; 13 Soloing; 14 Raided!; 15 Lawyers; 16 Mallard and Bluebill; 17 Pacific Aero Products Company; 18 University of Washington; 19 The Patent War; 20 The Zimmermann Telegram; 21 Telegram for Mr Boeing; 22 Spanish Flu; Part III: Growing Pains, 1919-1928: 23 The Hard Struggle; 24 Weaving Spiders Come Not Here; 25 Tell the Junk Man to Cart It All Away; 26 B-1; 27 Wet vs Dry; 28 Airplanes Not Cement Sidewalks!; 29 Dearly Beloved; 30 Whispering Wires; 31 Round Up!; 32 The Engine is the Machine; 33 Mr Boeing Goes to Washington; 34 Meeting the President; Part IV: The Great Depression, 1929-1933: 35 Near Death!; 36 Painful Progress; 37 A Million Angles; 38 Pratt & Whitney; 39 Depression; 40 The Monomail; 41 The Silent Queen on the Upper Deck; 42 Dangers at Home; 43 FDR; 44 Model 247; 45 Nitroglycerin; Part V: The Break Up, 1933-1938: 46 Money Matters; 47 Senate Hearing; 48 Not Worth a Nickel; 49 Project A; 50 Gone Fishing; 51 Flying Fortress; 52 Aloha; 53 The Sport of Kings; Part VI: The War Years and After, 1939-1956: 54 The Failure of Peace; 55 In God's Good Time; 56 Boeing Bombers Blast Battleship!; 57 A Day That Will Live in Infamy; 58 Back in the Fight; 59 This Terrible Game of War; 60 Superfortress; 61 Farm Life; 62 Aftermath; 63 Run for the Roses; 64 The Boeing Brand; 65 Bombing the Stadium (Again); 66 "Festung Europa"; 67 Another Empty Chair; 68 Silverplate; 69 VE-Day and VJ-Day; 70 Blue Skies and Tailwinds; Epilogue; Appendix Bill Boeing and Race; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.
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