TY - BOOK AU - Allen,Oliver E. TI - The airline builders T2 - Epic of flight SN - 0809432854 PY - 1981/// CY - Alexandria, Va. PB - Time-Life Books KW - Aeronautics, commercial KW - United States KW - History KW - Airlines N1 - With hardcover; Includes bibliogr. and index; Cont.: European trailblazers on a cloud-filled frontier -- America's young airlines: saved by the mail -- The forging of the big four -- Evolution of the plane that transformed air travel -- The man who shrank the Earth N2 - Describes the development of commercial passenger service from its beginning until World War II ER -