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When the Wright brothers invented their flying machine, Americans lived in a nation of two dimensions, circumscribed by lines drawn on a conventional map. A century later, their nation existed—in fact, reigned—in three dimensions. Two million Americans "slipped the surly bonds of earth" daily, carried aloft by aircraft operating in every part of the world. <p>The airplane turned the sky into a new domain of human activity, a fast-developing frontier first braved by adventurous young men. Then came the rich and the hurried, followed by just about everybody else. Until now, no one has told the story of aviation as one of frontier expansion.</p> <p>Aviation's frontier stage lasted a scant three decades, then vanished as flying became a settled experience. <i>Sky as Frontier</i> shows how commercial and military imperatives destroyed this pioneer world by routinizing flight. Along the way, Courtwright stops to consider dogfighting, barnstorming, the first air mail pilots, the development of airlines, air power during World War II, flight's impact on the environment, the troubled space frontier, and how the male-dominated aviation enterprise was domesticated and democratized.</p> <p>The

Author

Courtwright, David T., 1952-

Publisher

College Station: Texas A & M University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781585444199

Subjects

Engineering, History, Technology