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General aviation encompasses all the ways aeroplanes are being used beyond commercial and military services traveling: private plane tickets, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on. This background examines the many airplanes used in general aviation, from early on Wright and Curtiss aeroplanes to the Piper Cub and the Lear Jet. The authors trace the professions of birdmen, birdwomen, barnstormers, and other people who shaped general aviation - from Clyde Cessna and the Stinson family of San Antonio to Olive Ann Beech and Paul Poberezny of Milwaukee. They explain how the development of machines influenced the introduction of aeroplanes, from the E-107 that driven the 1929 Aeronca C-2, the first affordable personal aeroplanes, to the Continental A-40 that driven the Piper Cub, and the Pratt and Whitney PT-6 turboprop used on many aeroplanes after World Battle II. In addition, the authors graph the boom and bust cycle of general aviation manufacturers, the growing costs and increased laws that have supported a decline in pilots, the creation associated with an influential general aviation lobby in Washington, and the growing popularity of "type" clubs, intended to maintain aeroplanes whose average era is 28 years. This reserve provides listeners with a feeling of the range and richness of the history of general aviation in the United States. An epilogue examining the consequences of the terrorist disorders on September 11, 2001, offers a cautionary note. The reserve is posted by Tx A&M College or university Press.
