Anne Millbrooke
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Anne Millbrooke was born in western Oregon and raised on the coast of Washington state. She went east to college, first to Boise State College in Idaho for a bachelor’s degree, then to the University of Wisconsin at Madison for a master’s degree, and finally to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for her doctorate. Her field of study was history. She directed the Archive and Historical Resource Center at United Technologies Corporation, and thereby served as the historian for Pratt & Whitney, Hamilton Standard, Sikorsky, and other divisions of the corporation. She taught history at universities in Alaska, Connecticut, and Montana. Along the way, she has won Mellon, Smithsonian, National Science Foundation, and NASA fellowships. Now writing full time, she lives in Bozeman, Montana.
AVIATION HISTORY Aviation History opens with the first flights of balloons in 1783 and continues the story of flight to the present. The book provides worldwide coverage of general aviation, commercial aviation, military aviation, and aerospace, in the informative text, as well as in summaries of events, timelines, personal profiles, flight lines (quotations), historical notes, graphics, photographs, and bibliographies. 636 pages. ISBN: 0-88487-433-8.
Jeppesen, the publisher, has been publishing aviation books for more than 70 years; order at JeppDirect.com. In print for a dozen years, this book is available in a revised, updated edition.
AVIATION HISTORY AWARDS The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics awarded its 2003 Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award recognizing Aviation History as “the best original contribution to the field of aeronautical or astronautical historical non-fiction literature published in the last five years.” The Society for Technical Communication recognized Aviation History with four awards: Award of Excellence for books, two Awards of Distinguished for cover design and for manual/book design, and Best of Show Award for manual/book design.
ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND ALPHABETS OF AVIATION This is a guide to contemporary and historical terms found in aviation literateru. Ever read something written about aviation and get stumped by an abbreviation, acronym, code, or other shortened expression? This book has more than 12,000 entries, arranged by short expression, and provides the full expression, often with annotation about the when and where of the expression. The coverage is both contemporary and historical; that is, this guide covers current and past usage of the abbreviations, acronyms, and alphabets, also contractions, mnemonics, and codes. Published in 2008, this 700-page book is available at Amazon.com and other booksellers.
