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Piedmont : flight of the pacemaker / by Frank Elliott ; compiled by Elizabeth K. Norfleet.

Summary:

A fast-paced and highly-entertaining pictorial history of Piedmont Aviation. This coffee table size book documents the airline's growth from a struggling local service airline to one of the nation's leading carriers with international routes. The DVD highlights Tom Davis, the company's founder, and the airline's growth. In today's age of economic globalization and outsourcing, corporate downsizing and layoffs, benefit reductions, "cooked" books and corporate fraud, this book is a must-have for historians, aviation buffs, corporate leaders, and business students.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780977395613
  • ISBN: 0977395618
  • Physical Description: 381 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm + 1 DVD (4:35)
  • Publisher: Winston-Salem, NC : The Piedmont Aviation Historical Society, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes DVD "A profile of Thomas Henry Davis", produced by George Van Allen (GVA Productions), in pocket on inside back cover.
Subject:
Davis, Thomas H., 1918-
Piedmont Airlines > History.
Airlines > United States > History.
Airlines > North Carolina > History.

Available copies

  • 91 of 95 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 95 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library NC 387.7 ELI (Text) 36015000681888 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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