Whirlybirds
Author | : Jay P. Spenser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : 0295976993 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780295976990 |
Rating | : 4/5 (990 Downloads) |
Download or read book Whirlybirds written by Jay P. Spenser and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the lives and work of four Americans--Igor Sikorsky, Frank Piasecki, Arthur Young, and Stanley Hiller, Jr.--who, working independently but concurrently, developed the helicopter in the 1940s. Discusses the confluence of entrepreneurship, corporate practices, and government influence and fi