xxv, 531 pages : 29 cm

Covers the notable people, events, products and companies of the American airline industry

"A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- C. Edward Acker / Joseph F. Ross -- Aeromarine Airways / William M. Leary -- African Americans in the airline industry / Theodore W. Robinson -- Air California / Myron J. Smith, Jr. -- Air Commerce Act of 1926 / William M. Leary -- Air Florida / William M. Leary -- Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 / Donald R. Whitnah -- Air Line Pilots Association / George E. Hopkins -- Air Mail Act of 1925 / Donald R. Whitnah -- Air Mail Act of 1930 / David D. Lee -- Air Mail Act of 1934 -- Air Mail episode of 1934 / David D. Lee -- Air Midwest / William M. Leary

Cont.): Air Transport Association / Robert Burkhardt -- Air Wisconsin / William M. Leary -- Alaska Airlines / Claus-M. Naske -- All American Aviation / W. David Lewis and William F. Trimble -- Allegheny Airlines / William F. Trimble -- Aloha Airlines / William M. Leary -- American Airlines / Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr. -- American Overseas Airlines / William M. Leary -- America West / William M. Leary -- George T. Baker / George E. Hopkins -- David L. Behncke / George E. Hopkins -- Black Committee / Wesley Phillips Newton -- Frank Borman / W. David Lewis -- Thomas E. Braniff / Roger E. Bilstein -- Braniff Airways / Linda Bilstein and Roger E. Bilstein

Cont.): L.H. Brittin / Patrica A. Michaelis -- Walter Folger Brown / David D. Lee -- Donald C. Burr / William M. Leary -- Capital Airlines / Myron J. Smith, Jr. -- James H. Carmichael / Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr. -- Chicago and Southern Airlines / W. David Lewis and Wesley Phillips Newton -- Civil Aeronautics Administration / Nick A. Komons -- Civil Aeronautics Board / Donald R. Whitnah -- Edwin I. Colodny / William F. Trimble -- Commuter airlines / I.E. Quastler -- Continental Airlines / Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr. -- E.L. Cord / George E. Hopkins -- Robert L. Crandall / Lloyd H. Cornett, Jr. -- Edward J. Crane / Dina M. Young -- Edward J. Daly / Roger D. Launius

Cont.): Ralph S. Damon / Joseph F. Ross -- Thomas H. Davis / William M. Leary -- Delta Air Lines / W. David Lewis and Wesley Phillips Newton -- Terrell C. Drinkwater / Earl H. Tilford, Jr. -- Henry A. Duffy / George E. Hopkins -- Richard C. du Pont / W. David Lewis and William F. Trimble -- Eastern Air Lines / W. David Lewis -- Robert E. Ellis / Claus-M. Naske -- Federal Aviation Administration / Edmund Preston -- Federal Express / Dominick A. Pisan -- Flight attendant labor organizations / Georgia Panter Nielsen -- Flight Engineers International Association / Nick A. Komons -- Flying Tiger Line / John C. Bishop

Cont.): Kenneth G. Friedkin / Jospeh E. Libby -- Frontier Airlines / Myron J. Smith, Jr. -- Jack Frye / Patricia A. Michaelis -- Edgar S. Gorrell / Dominick A. Pisano -- Vern C. Gorst / Patricia A. Michaelis -- Danniel Guggenheim and Henry F. Guggenheim / Richard P. Hallion -- Najeeb E. Halaby / W. Alfred Dahler -- George R. Hann / William F. Trimble -- Harris M. Hansue / Patricia A. Michaelis -- Hawaiian Airlines / William M. Leary -- Helicopter airlines / William M. Leary -- Paul Henderson / W. David Lewis and Wesley Phillips Newton -- Eddie Hubbard / F. Robert van der Linden -- Howard Hughes / R.E.G. Davies -- Hughes Air West / Joseph E. Libby

Cont.): Croil Hunter / W. David Lewis -- Carl C. Icahn / William M. Leary -- International Air Transport Association / Robin Higham -- International Civil Aviation Congress / Roger E. Bilstein -- International Civil Aviation Organization / Roger E. Bilstein -- Alfred E. Kahn / Robin Higham -- Stanley C. Kennedy / William M. Leary -- Kirk Kerkorian / Earl H. Tilford, Jr. -- Clement M. Keys / Edward M. Young -- Harding Luther Lawrence / Roger E. Bilstein -- Charles A. Lindbergh / Richard P. Hallion -- Frank Lorenzo / Edmund Preston -- C. Townsend Ludington / William M. Leary -- William P. MacCracken, Jr. / David D. Lee -- Patrick A. McCarran / Donald R. Whitnah

Cont.): Midway Airlines / Myron J. Smith, Jr. -- Mohawk Airlines / William M. Leary -- C. Bedell Monro / William F. Trimble -- Morrow Board / David D. Lee -- Mrion Lamar Muse / Larry D. Sall -- National Airlines / George E. Hopkins -- National Air Transport / William M. Leary -- National Transportation Safety Board / Robert Burkhardt -- Orvis M. Nelson / Roger D. Launius -- North American Airlines / Joseph E. Libby -- North Central Airlines / William M. Leary -- Northeast Airlines

Cont.): Midway Airlines / Myron J. Smith, Jr. -- Mohawk Airlines / William M. Leary -- C. Bedell Monro / William F. Trimble -- Morrow Board / David D. Lee -- Mrion Lamar Muse / Larry D. Sall -- National Airlines / George E. Hopkins -- National Air Transport / William M. Leary -- National Transportation Safety Board / Robert Burkhardt -- Orvis M. Nelson / Roger D. Launius -- North American Airlines / Joseph E. Libby -- North Central Airlines / William M. Leary -- Northeast Airlines