Description: Houston Aviation, Texas, Images of Aviation, Paperback As Houston steadily grew in the early 20th century, the commercial and civic elite focused on the community's industrial expansion and economic prosperity. Aviation played a significant role in that aspiration. With the earliest birdmen of the skies offering a suggestion of the economic potential of flight, Houston-area policymakers solicited and welcomed military aviation, first at Ellington Field and later on Galveston Island. As early as the 1920s, the burgeoning Houston energy industry realized the value and utility of aircraft as business tools. Aircraft were uniquely capable of quickly traversing the great distances that separated the oil fields from the centers of commerce and industry, and their use made Houston an epicenter for modern business aviation. Between World War I and World War II, the federal post office subsidized the development of commercial passenger service while the city fathers provided the necessary infrastructure through the funding and establishment of the Houston Municipal Airport. The triptych of business, commercial, and military aviation would come to define Houston's aviation lineage.
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467133784
Book Title: Houston Aviation
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: The 1940 Air Terminal Museum
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Aviation / Commercial, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Subjects & Themes / Aerial
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Genre: Photography, Transportation, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
