Kenneth B. Ragsdale

This popularly written history tells the story of aviation in Austin, Texas, from 1911 to the opening of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in 1999.

Against a backdrop of revolution, border banditry, freewheeling aerial dramatics, and World War II comes this compelling look at the rise of U.S. combat aviation at an unlikely proving ground—a remote airfield in the rugged reaches of the southwestern Tex