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"If an airport is defined as ‘a place set aside primarily for the purpose of conducting regular, sustained flights,' it can be safely said that America's first airport was Huffman Prairie Flying Field, established by the Wright brothers eight miles outside of Dayton, Ohio, in 1904." -from Chapter 1, "Pick a Pasture"
Where once stretched little more than quiet open fields and gravel roads, the modern airport sits like an elaborate palace on the American landscape, steadfastly awaiting the arrival and departure of the traveling masses. The American Airport chronicles the history of America's airports from the Wright Brothers' first flying field at Kitty Hawk, to the early barnstorming days, the nostalgic propliner age, the first jetports, and the post-millennium era's multi-billion dollar airport revitalization schemes.
The American Airport covers nearly 50 major airports from the first century of flight. More than 180 images depict the ever-expanding terminals and growing runways, tracing the evolution of the airport along the leaps in technology and whims of architectural style.
About the Author
Geza Szurovy is an award-winning aviation journalist whose professional pilot qualifications include a Douglas DC-3 type rating. During his early childhood he fell in love with the propliners that took him to the remotest regions of the globe where his father prospected for oil. His main interest lies in personally experiencing the different historic eras of flight by flying period aircraft and seeking the link between surviving aviation artifacts and the social history they represent. His previous books include The Art of the Airways, Wings of Yesteryear, Classic American Airlines, Executive Jets, and Cessna Citation Jets.
The American Airport,Geza Szurovy,Steve Gansen,Motorbooks International,0760312427,Airports,Architecture,Aviation - History,Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings,Transportation,U.S. Architecture - General,United States
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