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Grover C. Loening
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Flying Magazine
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Takeoff Into Greatness
Discusses the men and events which shaped the aviation industry in America.
AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island
The most comprehensive, well-researched and generously illustrated volume of its kind on the subject, bringing over three centuries of Long Island’s great architectural heritage to life. Over 240 photographs, complete with authoritative, extensively detailed captions, present a wide range of structures—from simple lean-tos to distinguished contemporary buildings by such architects as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, David L. Finci and others.
The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey Into the History of Aerodynamics in America, V. 2
The airplane ranks as one of history's most ingenious and phenomenal inventions. It has surely been one of the most world changing. How ideas about aerodynamics first came together and how the science and technology evolved to forge the airplane into the revolutionary machine that it became is the epic story told in this six-volume series, The Wind and Beyond: A Documentary Journey through the History of Aerodynamics in America. Following up on Volume I's account of the invention of the airplane and the creation of the original aeronautical research establishment in the United States, Volume II explores the airplane design revolution of the 1920s and 1930s and the quest for improved airfoils. Subsequent volumes cover the aerodynamics of airships, flying boats, rotary-wing aircraft, breaking the sound barrier, and more.
Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose
Howard Hughes' life ambition was to make a significant contribution to the field of aviation development. But the monumental folly of his endeavours on the H-KI Hercules meant that he came to be known and remembered to a great extent for all the wrong reasons. The 'Spruce Goose' (a name Hughes detested) became a product of his wild fixation on perfection and scale. Once completed, it was the largest flying machine ever built. Its wingspan of 320 feet remains the largest in history. Yet it only completed one flight; flying for a mile on its maiden voyage above Long Beach Harbour, before being consigned to the history books as a failure.Experienced author Graham M. Simons turns his attention t...
Investigation of the National Defense Program: Aircraft contracts (Hughes Aircraft Co. and Kaiser-Hughes Corp.), July 28-31, Aug. 1, 2, 4-9, 11, 1947
Part 41, focuses on Navy fuel purchase contracts for Saudi Arabian oil and businesses' use of institutional advertising for tax exemptions during and after the war.
Investigation of the National Defense Program: Farm machinery and equipment, Concrete barges, Army commissions and military activities of motion picture personnel, Pipe line transportation, Absenteeism in defense industry, Jan. 14, 19, Feb. 5, 16, 17, Mar. 3, 8, 9, Apr. 3, 1943
Part 41, focuses on Navy fuel purchase contracts for Saudi Arabian oil and businesses' use of institutional advertising for tax exemptions during and after the war.
