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Conquistadors of the sky : a history of aviation in Latin America
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"Coinciding with the opening of a new permanent exhibit, America by Air, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, [this book] celebrates the aviation achievements of twenty-o...
"Coinciding with the opening of a new permanent exhibit, America by Air, at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, [this book] celebrates the aviation achievements of twenty-one Latin American nations over the last 100 years, making this chronicle of heroic ventures and epic flights the best reference available on the subject."--Publisher Web site.
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- Creator
- Dan Hagedorn
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ; Gainesville : in association with the University Press of Florida, ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 587 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780813032498, 0813032490, 9780813035093, 0813035090
- OCLC
- ocn226356599
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-568) and index.
- Myths and Legends -- Pioneers -- 1914-1918 -- Airlines, Air Wars, and Foreign Missions -- Yankee Influences: Defense Aid and Lend-Lease -- World War II -- The Postwar Boom -- The American Republics Projects and the Rio Pact -- The Cold War and Beyond