Fill the Heavens with Commerce: Chicago Aviation, 1855-1926

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Chicago Review Press, 1981 - Transportation - 167 pages

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Contents

The Boys Have Done It
9
The Flying Machine Comes to Chicago
23
Air Show
33
Copyright

9 other sections not shown

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aerial Aero Club Aero Club files Aero Club members aeronautical air mail Air Mail Service air show aircraft airplane airship Ashburn Field attempt August Avenue aviation aviation community balloon Beachey became began biplane Bleriot blimp Boettner Brookins build built Chanute Chanute's Charles Dickinson Checkerboard Field Chicago aviation CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Chicago Tribune Chicagoan Cicero Field city's Club of America Club of Illinois Club's commercial Company crashed despite early engine feet flew flown flying field flying machine Glenn Curtiss Goodyear Grant Park hangar Harold F hydroplane James July Katherine Stinson Laird land Landis later license Lincoln Beachey Lipsner Louis Matty Matty Laird Maywood McCormick miles military Municipal Airport Octave Chanute operations passengers pilots plane Plew powered flight railroad record route seaplane September SINCLAIR COLLECTION Sopwith Sporrer Street successful train U.S. Post Office Vilas White City wind wing Wingfoot World Wright 30 Wright brothers York

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About the author (1981)

David Young is a respected writer, commentator, journalist, environmentalist, and historian. Working independently in the field of history and the environment he work explores the nature-culture relationship, including perspectives from indigenous nature and indigenous culture.

Bibliographic information

TitleFill the Heavens with Commerce: Chicago Aviation, 1855-1926
AuthorsDavid Young, Neal Callahan
Editionillustrated
PublisherChicago Review Press, 1981
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 13, 2007
ISBN0914090992, 9780914090991
Length167 pages
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Transportation / Aviation / History
  
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