So Many Worlds: Invention, Management, Philosophy, and Risk in the Life of Leroy Hill
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An entrepreneurial and engineering genius, Leroy Hill left his mark on 20th century aviation. But that was just the beginning.As a gifted Berkeley engineering graduate in the late teens, Hill succeeded in reengineering the famous "Liberty Engine" of World War I to fit into the legendary fighter DH-4, or "Flying Coffin." In the late 1920s his passion for aviation brought him to a new marketplace as twelve-year president of Air Associates--that remarkable...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0896723801
ISBN13:9780896723801
Release Date:July 1997
Publisher:Texas Tech University Press
Length:306 Pages
Weight:1.60 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
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