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An Analysis Of Aviation Education In Senior High School Textbooks, Herbert E. Ellinger
An Analysis Of Aviation Education In Senior High School Textbooks, Herbert E. Ellinger
Masters Theses
Chapter I
Introduction
Mankind has emerged from the Stone Age through the Ages of Iron, Steam, and Electricity to the present Air-Age. This latter age is characterized by man's utilization of air for travel, transportation, and communication.1 It is common knowledge that the Air-Age has a number of social implications. More of our citizens are going abroad and more foreigners are visiting the United States than was possible, a few years ago, with slow moving surface transportation. Military planes now fly round-trips between continents without stopping. There are few places that are not within reach of air transportation. Hence, …