Downey's Aerospace History: 1947-1999

by Aerospace Legacy Foundation and Gerald A. Blackburn

The city of Downey has been host to one of aerospace history's most sacred sites. For more than six decades, men and women have gathered in this Los Angeles County town to make the dreams of tomorrow a reality--inventing the future and starting America's journey to the stars. A wealthy Los Angeles industrialist, E. M. Smith, began this history with the purchase of a portion of the Huynan Ranch in August 1929. His company, EMSCO Aircraft, was the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738569534
• ISBN13: 9780738569536
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"