Curtiss Aircraft 1907-47

Hardbound 14x22, 636 pages. this volume traces the once mighty company that developed from the work of pioneer flier Glenn Curtiss. Prior to 1945, Curtiss fighters and transport aircraft were ubiquitous, but the firm folded for lack of postwar orders. Bowers, an acknowledged authority on the firm and era, presents a definitive survey of four decades of Curtiss aircraft melding text, photos and detailed three-views. 9780370100296