The American Aviation Experience A History Edited by Tim Brady   December 2000 ISBN 0-8093-2325-7 | paper | $49.00 ISBN 0-8093-2325-7 | cloth | $60.00 520 pages | 335 photos, 2 maps | 8 x 10 Aviation   This book is designed to be a primary text for courses in aviation history and development and aviation in America.   The seventeen chapters in The American Aviation Experience: A History range chronologically from ancient times through the Wright brothers through both world wars, culminating with the development of the U.S. space program. Contributors also cover balloons and dirigibles, African American pioneers in aviation, and women in aviation. These essayists—leading scholars in the field—present the history of aviation mainly from an American perspective.   The American Aviation Experience includes 335 black-and-white photographs, two maps, and an appendix, “Leonardo da Vinci and the Science of Flight.”    An electronic test guide is available for instructors. For more information, contact the Press.   Tim Brady is the dean of the School of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He is a past president of the University Aviation Association, an airline transport pilot, and a former USAF pilot.   Contents and Contributors   The Ancients, Tim Brady (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) Developments Before the Wright Brothers, Charles Rodriguez (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) Orville and Wilbur Wright, Paul A. Whelan (Vice President Emeritus, Parks College of Saint Louis University) Advancements in Powered Flight Before World War I, Tim Brady World War I, Tim Brady U.S. Airlines Before 1930, Tim Brady Developments Between the Wars, James E. Crehan (Western Michigan University) and Tim Brady U. S. Airlines from 1930 to World War II, Tim Brady World War II, Thomas J. Connolly (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) U.S. Air Carriers, 1945-Present, Henry R. Lehrer (University of Nebraska, Omaha) General Aviation after World War II, William McCurry (Arizona State East, Mesa) Military Airpower Developments after World War II, Paul A. Whelan Government and Aviation, David A. NewMyer (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) Balloons and Dirigibles, Robeson S. Moise (Central Missouri State University)   African American Pioneers in Aviation, Isaac Richmond Nettey (Texas Southern University) Women in Aviation, Hope Bouvette Thornberg (St. Cloud University) Space History, Lance Erickson

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