Authors: Geza Szurovy, Martin Berinstein
ISBN-13: 9780760316566, ISBN-10: 0760316562
Format: Paperback
Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
Date Published: December 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Classic American Airlines vividly retells the alluring history behind America's greatest airlines: United, American, TWA, Eastern, Pan Am, Delta, Northwest, and Republic, among others. Individual profiles contain photographs of the aircraft used through the years and the variety of color schemes that adorned them. Airline advertisements, route maps, timetables, and other memorabilia add flavor to this nostalgic airline history.
Acknowledgments | 6 | |
Introduction | 7 | |
Chapter 1 | Air Transport Age | 9 |
Chapter 2 | American | 27 |
Chapter 3 | United | 49 |
Chapter 4 | Eastern | 75 |
Chapter 5 | Trans World Airlines | 87 |
Chapter 6 | Pan American | 105 |
Chapter 7 | Northwest | 127 |
Chapter 8 | Delta | 139 |
Chapter 9 | Continental | 149 |
Chapter 10 | Braniff | 159 |
Chapter 11 | National | 169 |
Chapter 12 | Western | 179 |
Bibliography | 190 | |
Index | 191 |