Seattle's Commercial Aviation: 1908-1941 - Hardcover

Davies, Ed; Ellis, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1531646549 ISBN 13: 9781531646547

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2009

Synopsis

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 Hamilton, and 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 Galvin, and 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 operators, and marks Seattle's emergence as the aviation gateway to Alaska.

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Review

Title: New Book About Early Seattle Aviation History
Author: Staff Writer
Publisher: Cascade Flyers
Date: 12/22/09

This new book is out. The new Release from the Seattle Times: "Seattle's Commercial Aviation, 1908-1941" by Ed Davies and Steve Ellis, foreword by Bill Boeing Jr. (Arcadia, $21.99). A photo-essay survey of commercial aviation's early days in Seattle, including the founding of The Boeing Co. in 1916. Davies and Ellis discuss the book, 2 p.m. Dec. 26, Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way S., Seattle; free (206-764-5720 or www.museumofflight.org).

About the Author

Ed Davies, a lifelong aviation enthusiast, has specialized in the history of Boeing and airmail since moving to Seattle in the late 1990s. He has written hundreds of magazine articles and several books about aviation. Steve Ellis, a Seattle native and former journalist, enjoyed listening to his father's stories about Northwest aviation before World War II.

Steve Ellis was sportswriter who covered the Florida Seminoles for over twenty seasons. He won numerous awards, both at the state and national level, for his coverage. Prior to joining the "Tallahassee Democrat", Ellis was a founding writer and editor for the "Osceola", a weekly publication dedicated to Seminoles athletics. He passed away in 2009.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1531646549
• ISBN 13: 9781531646547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 130