MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01626cam a2200301 i 4500
001 2013034469
003 DLC
005 20140821075535.0
008 130826s2013 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013034469
020 $a9780786471850 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHE9803.A35$bR87 2013
082 00 $a387.706/573$223
100 1 $aRussell, David Lee,$d1947-
245 10 $aEastern Air Lines :$ba history, 1926-1991 /$cDavid Lee Russell.
264 1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c2013.
300 $avii, 238 pages :$billustratons, maps ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- Pitcairn origin -- Deþning air mail service -- Pitcairn aviation cam operations -- Eastern air transport -- Rickenbacker and Eastern Air Lines -- Eastern grows -- The war years -- The postwar era : winds of change -- The 1950s -- Jet service -- The wings of man -- Borman -- Deregulation -- Lorenzo and the end -- Aftermath -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 $a"Eastern Air Lines began in 1926 and last flew on January 18, 1991. Aviation pioneer Harold Pitcairn was the founder. He built airplanes and began the first carrier air mail route from New York to Atlanta under his company, Pitcairn Aviation"--$cProvided by publisher.
610 20 $aEastern Air Lines, inc.$xHistory.
650 0 $aAirlines$zUnited States$xHistory.