
100 years of history of aeronautics and air mail in Costa Rica
By José Antonio Giralt AmadorLength6h 50m
About this audiobook
More than 350 photographs, in black and white and in color, many of them never published, illustrate this book. It relates the first one hundred years of the history of aviation in Costa Rica. Its detailed contents and beautiful design make it an exceptional reference document as well as a collector's item.
The book begins with the development of world aviation, continues with the growth of aviation in Latin America, to then describe in depth the progress of aeronautics in Costa Rica. It relates the heroic times of the beginnings, in 1912, the romantic epoch of the consolidation of airlines and the development of air mail, up to the modern era of air transportation and the first steps in space exploration. In addition, four annexes contain a chronology of Costa Rican aviation, a summary of the main flights between 1912 and 1946, the history of La Sabana Airport and a synopsis about aerophilately.
Audiobook details
GenreOther
Length6 hrs 50 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cover
2In memoriam
3Dedication
4Acknowledgements
5About the photographs
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6Introduction
7Part One The development of world aviation
8Bildarchiv Preussuscher Kulturbesitz, Berlin. Wikimedia Commons.
9Courtesy Steve Johnson.
10Logo IATA.
11Photographer: Jean Philippe Boulet. Wikimedia Commons.
12Photographer: Adrian Pingstone, Nov 26, 2003. Wikimedia Commons.
13Airbus A380 taking off during Paris Air Show 2007, June 18, 2007.
14Photographer: Dmytry A. Mottl. Wikimedia Commons.
15Part Two The development of Latin American aviation
16Pan Am gigantic air route structure.
17problems.
18That same year, Yerex created the British West Indies Airways (BWIA) in
19provide service within that country.
20In 1964, ALM (Antillean Aviation Company), a subsidiary of KLM
21airline, Belize Airways.
22In 1925, Lloyd Aéreo Córdoba was founded.
231957, and Aerotransportes del Litoral Argentino (ALA), in 1962.
24Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano (LAB).
25Brazil
26Viação Aérea São Paulo, S.A. (VASP), was created on November 4, 1933.
27air carrier.
28Colombia
29only an 11 % of the stock.
30Ecuador
31Uruguay
32Venezuela
33I
34Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
35Alfred Moisant, founder of the Moisant International Aviators Inc.
36José A. Giralt Collection.
37II
381912 to 1928 The pioneers: from Jesse Seligman to Colonel Fierro
39Jesse Seligman
40Photographer: Unknown.
41George Grantham Bain Collection.
42Robert Masterson
43Marius Tercè
44Tobías Bolaños Palma
45Photographer: Manuel Gómez Miralles.
46(no report)
47Courtesy of Alvaro Castro Harrigan.
48The Central American Flight
49The flight of SCADTA
50Other flights from the Canal Zone