AIRLINES OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1914 R. DAVIES PUTNAM 1982 Revised edition. 21 x 14 cm. xiv + 746 pp. HB/DJ The world's first scheduled air service was operated before the First World War—by flying-boats in Florida. Thus to the United States goes the honour of pioneering air transport with heavier-than-air craft. In the early years following the Great War, the United States lagged behind Furope in developing commercial air services but did organise and establish transcontinental air mail services. Slowly, however, from the mid-1920s, passenger airlines were built up and to serve them the U.S. aircraft industry produced outstanding aircraft such as the Ford Tri-Motor, the Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-3. These great aeroplanes and their successors established the United States as the leader in world air transport and led to today's domination of the world's air routes by such aircraft as the Boeing 747 and 707, the Douglas DC-8 and DC-10, and the Lockheed L-1101 Airlines of the United States since 1914 traces the whole story from those first tentative steps in 1914 up to the present when the U.S. air transport system carries half of all air passengers outside the USSR. Every development in airline progress is covered. There are chapters on the exploratory pioneer days before the Air Mail Act of 1925, the adventurous years of the late 19205 and early 19305, the Air Mail Scandal of 1934, and the era of the DC-3, culminating in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, and the establishment of the basic framework of the airline industry as we know it today. There are chapters on all the main categories of present-day airlines, Trunks, Local Service, International, Supplemental, All-Cargo, and of the U.S. overseas territories. The historical development of routes, fleets, and fortunes of every airline, large or small—including the Commuter Airlines—are dealt with in a narrative which avoids excessive statistical detail. However, for reference purposes, there are numerous tables of data, supplemented by many maps and charts. The interplay between individual initiative, government regulation and control, the role of factors such as competition, international policy, and public opinion, all find a place in this airline story. Not least is the development of the modern airliner up to the 3 50- ton flying leviathans such as the Boeing 747. The progress and contribution made by the aircraft manufacturers in providing the tools of the airline trade is given full emphasis, and illustrated by almost 500 photographs which alone would provide a fascinating story. This second printing has been produced in response to popular demand. Much has happened during the ten years since publication of the first edition in 1972. To avoid excessive cost, complete rewriting of the text has been avoided, but every effort has been made to ensure that important events of recent U.S. air history are inserted appropriately — at the end of relevant chapters or as additional appendices. A few textual corrections have also been made. All the original photographs are exactly reproduced as are all the maps and charts, these having been brought up to date where necessary . The author has contributed a new preface and a special appendix in which he discusses aspects of the 1978 Deregulation Act and its impact on all of the airlines of the United States.

AIRLINES OF THE UNITED STATES
SINCE 1914

R. E. G. DAVIES

PUTNAM
1982

Revised edition.
The world's first scheduled air service was operated before the First World War—by flying-boats in Florida. Thus to the United States goes the honour of pioneering air transport with heavier-than-air craft.

In the early years following the Great War, the United States lagged behind Furope in developing commercial air services but did organise and establish transcontinental air mail services.

Slowly, however, from the mid-1920s, passenger airlines were built up and to serve them the U.S. aircraft industry produced outstanding aircraft such as the Ford Tri-Motor, the Boeing 247 and the Douglas DC-3. These great aeroplanes and their successors established the United States as the leader in world air transport and led to today's domination of the world's air routes by such aircraft as the Boeing 747 and 707, the Douglas DC-8 and DC-10, and the Lockheed L-1101

Airlines of the United States since 1914 traces the whole story from those first tentative steps in 1914 up to the present when the U.S. air transport system carries half of all air passengers outside the USSR.

Every development in airline progress is covered. There are chapters on the exploratory pioneer days before the Air Mail Act of 1925, the adventurous years of the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Air Mail Scandal of 1934, and the era of the DC-3, culminating in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, and the establishment of the basic framework of the airline industry as we know it today. There are chapters on all the main categories of present-day airlines, Trunks, Local Service, International, Supplemental, All-Cargo, and of the U.S. overseas territories. The historical development of routes, fleets, and fortunes of every airline, large or small—including the Commuter Airlines—are dealt with in a narrative which avoids excessive statistical detail. However, for reference purposes, there are numerous tables of data, supplemented by many maps and charts.

The interplay between individual initiative, government regulation and control, the role of factors such as competition, international policy, and public opinion, all find a place in this airline story. Not least is the development of the modern airliner up to the 350- ton flying leviathans such as the Boeing 747. The progress and contribution made by the aircraft manufacturers in providing the tools of the airline trade is given full emphasis, and illustrated by almost 500 photographs which alone would provide a fascinating story.

This second printing has been produced in response to popular demand. Much has happened during the ten years since publication of the first edition in 1972. To avoid excessive cost, complete rewriting of the text has been avoided, but every effort has been made to ensure that important events of recent U.S. air history are inserted appropriately — at the end of relevant chapters or as additional appendices. A few textual corrections have also been made.

All the original photographs are exactly reproduced as are all the maps and charts, these having been brought up to date where necessary . The author has contributed a new preface and a special appendix in which he discusses aspects of the 1978 Deregulation Act and its impact on all of the airlines of the United States.

21 x 14 cm. xiv + 746 pp.

A good reference copy. Ex-library, stamped on the colophon page, front free endpaper removed, withdrawn stamp on the front pastedown 'tipexed' out. No other library marks. Dust jacket faded on the spine. Damage to the bottom corner of 2 pages (see photo) but otherwise clean and tidy, probably reference library or spare stock as it does not appear to have been lent out.





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