3rd ed. / edited by Elizabeth Fernandez and Alex Lieber.
Description
xv, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-329) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Harrison Ford -- Introduction -- A Wing and a Prayer: Aviation Attempts Before 1908 -- Clyde Vernon Cessna -- Years on the Great Salt Plains -- Aviation Pioneer -- The Rise & Fall of the Cessna Aircraft Company -- The Phoenix Rises -- The Bobcat Springs to the Nation's Defense -- Converting to Peace -- The Bird Dog Points the Way -- The Commercial Market in the 1950s -- Guns and Butter -- The Cessna FanJet 500 -- New Heights -- A Growing Family of Citations -- Losing Altitude -- The General Aviation Revitalization Act -- The Cessna Caravan -- Citation X: Fast Track to the Future -- Strength and Diversity -- Breaking Records -- Celebrating 75 Years -- The Citation Mustang -- Turning the Tide -- Stronger Than Ever.
Summary
This updated version contains the history of one of the world's greatest aircraft manufacturers.
