Northwest Orient
Yenne, Bill
The story of Northwest Orient Airlines is the story of a dream fulfilled, of aviation pioneersjn America's Old Northwest who had a distant goal, a Northwest Passage to the mysterious Orient. It is also the story of a fledgling air mail carrier that grew into a profitable international airline.
Northwest began with a pilot, a dream, and no planes. With two borrowed biplanes, the Company initiated air mail service out of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul to Chicago in 1926. Sixty years later, Northwest is one of America's largest airlines, with over 140 modern Jets flying an elaborate route structure that serves North America, Western Europe and the Far East, where it is the dominant US carrier.
This book chronicles that growth from the early days of seat-of-the-pants, open-cockpit flying to the comfortable, computer-ized 'Jumbo Jet' age.
Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
112 Seiten / pages
mayn photos
very good condition, dust jacket slightly scratched
New York - 1986 - Gallery Books
Art.Nr. 23868
