Joshua Stoff is the curator of the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Long Island and is a noted aviation historian and prolific author. LaGuardia Airport contains photographs, most previously unpublished, from the extensive archives of the Cradle of Aviation Museum as well as the Port Authority Archives.
10 Ebooks von Joshua Stoff
Joshua Stoff: Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production
One of the greatest industrial feats of World War II — indeed of all time — was the massive production of military aircraft by American manufacturers. America’s sudden entry into the war …
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€29.89
Joshua Stoff: Transatlantic Flight
For many, the names Washington Donaldson, Walter Wellman, J. C. Woods, and G. H. Scott do not automatically ring a bell in connection with the history of transatlantic flight. Yet these and scores of …
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€16.49
Joshua Stoff: Aviation Firsts
Curious about the first person to be born in an airplane, which American president was the first to fly, or who built the world’s first helicopter? Answers to these and other aviation-related …
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€7.40
Joshua Stoff: Charles A. Lindbergh
Extensive pictorial anthology chronicles extraordinary career of the man who changed aviation history. Over 250 rare photographs, accompanied by detailed captions depict Lindbergh in childhood …
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€21.16
Joshua Stoff: Building Moonships
Chronicling the visual history of the design, construction and launch of the lunar module – one of the most historic machines in human history.In 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced his plans …
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€16.26
Joshua Stoff: LaGuardia Airport
La Guardia Airport, named for the mayor of New York in the mid 1930s is one of America’s busiest airports and has undergone great change throughout the years.Constructed closer to Manhattan than the …
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€16.24
Joshua Stoff: John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport opened in 1948, after the realization set in that the newly built La Guardia Airport was unable to handle the volume of air traffic for New York City. Pushed …
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€16.26
Joshua Stoff: Long Island Aircraft Crashes
During the first fifty years of American aviation, Long Island was at the center of aircraft innovation and flight. There were more aircraft manufacturers and airports located on Long Island than in …
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€16.24
Joshua Stoff: Long Island Airports
Long Island is a natural airfield. The central area of Long Island, s Nassau County, known as the Hempstead Plains, is the only natural prairie east of the Allegheny Mountains. The island itself is …
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€16.22
Joshua Stoff: Long Island Aircraft Manufacturers
Take a flight with the Long Island aviation companies that helped make the industry the integral part of our world that it is today.Significant aircraft manufacturing began on Long Island in the …
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€16.27
