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Interested in aviation as early as 1910, William Boeing waited until 1914 for his first airplane ride. In 1916, he founded the airplane company that put Seattle on the aviation map. Before Boeing, Seattle featured aircraft builders like Eugene Romano, G. T. Takasou, Tom Hamiltonand Herb Munter. Boeing emerged during World War I and, by the beginning of World War II, had become a world leader. In those years, lesser known individuals like Eddie Hubbard, Percy Barnes, Vern Gorst, the Becvar brothers, Elliott Merrill, Jim Galvinand Lana Kurtzer influenced commercial aviation around Seattle. Drawing on photographs from around the area, Seattle's Commercial Aviation: 1908-1941 illustrates the early days beginning with dirigible flights, recognizes the arrival of commercial airmail and the airlines, salutes the local operatorsand marks Seattle's emergence as the aviation gateway to Alaska.
  • Ed Davies, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, has specialized in the history of Boeing and airmail since moving to Seattle in the late 1990s
  • Contains 207 black and white images
  • Part of the Images of Aviation series

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  • Brand Name: Arcadia Publishing
  • Sub Brand: Seattle's Commercial Aviation 1908-1941
  • Product Type: Book
  • Language: English
  • Brand Name: Arcadia Publishing
  • Subject: History
  • Sub Brand: Seattle's Commercial Aviation 1908-1941
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