The Enterprise of Flight

The Enterprise of Flight is a highly praised contribution to the literature on American aviation and space exploration history. In a new introduction for this paperback edition, Roger E. Bilstein explains how international competition has affected American aerospace and airline manufacturers and updates the ongoing controversy over the high cost of military aircraft such as the F-12 Raptor.A masterly synthesis by a master historian (Lewis, David)

Making stunning use of recently available documents and scholarly writings, this book succeeds in capturing the essence of a major American technological enterprise. (Roger D. Launius)

. . . establishes Bilstein as the most accessible guide to American aerospace history. (Technology And Culture)Roger E. Bilstein is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is the author of seven previous books on aviation and the aerospace industry.From a foremost American aviation historian, a thorough history of the development and interplay of the aviation and aerospace industries in America.