TY - BOOK AU - Van der Linden,F.Robert TI - Airlines and air mail: the post office and the birth of the commercial aviation industry SN - 0813122198 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - HE9763 .V36 2002 U1 - 383/.144 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky KW - Aeronautics, Commercial KW - United States KW - Air mail service N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-335) and index; Foundations -- The birth of an industry -- The aviation industry comes of age -- Consolidation -- 1929 : calm before the storm -- The post office takes charge -- The Watres Act -- Realignment -- Drawing a new map -- Reaction -- Cord and Congress -- The Democrats take control -- Congress assumes command ER -