The only way to fly: The story of Western Airlines, America's senior air carrier

by Robert J. Serling

This is the story of men and machines, a tale that took fifty years to unfold and is still being written. It is the history of U.S. commercial aviation told through the eyes on one airline which, in 1976, celebrated fifty years of unbroken existence under the same name.

494 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

Reviews

[D. E.]

An RJS. Aviation Fact Based Work (TOWTF) (TSOWA) (ASAC)

RJS. has penned a fact based work about the oldest airline company in the United Stated. Western was there at the beginning. First with mail deliveries. Then small commercial aviation aircraft were developed that carried from 8 to 10 passengers and the mail. The tri motors were replaced by an aircraft developed by the U.S. Military....the Cooney Bird became another aircraft to transport passengers. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS