(Click image for a larger view) | New perspective
into Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech and Lloyd Stearman. Includes
activities of J.M. "Jake" Moellendick, the "Father"
of aviation in Wichita. These intrepid entrepreneurs, self-taught
in their respective skills, developed an industry in the design
and production of airplanes. From humble, primitive beginnings
they built empires while establishing ground rules governing
the operations of that industry, to include production methods,
standards and engineering practices.
Their actions brought recognition
to Wichita, Kansas, as "The Air Capital of the World."
But rifts between them brought separation, as they went their
separate ways to build that fledgling industry into the giant
it became. The Wichita 4 provides a look at the factors leading these pioneers
into their chosen career
endeavors, what attracted them to flying and then brought them
together to mutual friendship and affiliation in pioneering airplane
business ventures and finally to separate paths leading to their
own outstanding individual successes. 160 pages, 280 photos,
paperback. |
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