Kenneth B Ragsdale: 1 book
Austin, Cleared for Takeoff
Aviators, Businessmen, and the Growth of an American City
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Austin, Texas, entered the aviation age on October 29, 1911, when Calbraith Perry Rodgers landed his Wright EX Flyer in a vacant field near the present-day intersection of Duval and 45th Streets. Some 3,000 excited people rushed out to see the pilot and his plane, much like the hundreds of thousands...
