Massachusetts aviation / Frederick R. Morin and John Galluzzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morin, Frederick R., author.

Galluzzo, John, author.

Series:

Images of aviation.

Images of aviation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aeronautics--Massachusetts--History.

Aeronautics.

Massachusetts--History--Pictorial works.

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

Shortly after the Wright brothers took to the air, aviation fever gripped Massachusetts. The biggest names in the industry, including Wilbur Wright, Glenn Curtiss, and Claude Graham-White, among others, flew in for the first major air shows, further exciting the people of the Bay State about the potential of manned flight in the realms of military tactics, the expansion of commerce, and even personal transportation. By the 1920s, Massachusetts had become home to the first Naval Air Reserve Base, in Quincy; one of the first Coast Guard Air Stations, in Gloucester; and the Boston Airfield, which would become the largest international airport in New England. Within a few decades, individuals like Edward Lawrence Logan, Frank Otis, Oscar Westover, and Laurence G. Hanscomb would permanently leave their names on the Massachusetts landscape in connection with the airports and airfields still used today.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.