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Darwin Payne is professor-emeritus of journalism at Southern Methodist University. He holds a PhD in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Outstanding account of the Wright Ammendment and scrap over Love Field Dallas,
By Arnold Ziffel "AZ" (Hooterville USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Prairie to Planes (Hardcover)
I became interested in Greater Southwest International Airport resulting from being taken there as a kid, and from knowledge my father actually worked there when it was an airport. After having suffered through 3 decades of the Wright Amendment years at Dallas Love, I wanted to know the rest of the story what was wrong with GSW airport, and how did it get so messed up in the first place.
The answer I found can be summed up with one name alone - Amon Carter. It is a hugely sad story of politics gone horribly wrong, and twin-city rivalry taken to inexcusable proportions, resulting in a worthless airport being constructed in the wrong place, and having to be razed in less than two decades. This book covers all of that, in minute up to the minute details of who the players were making the decisions, and why it took 3 decades too long to finally come up with a usable shared airport for both Fort Worth and Dallas to benefit from.
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A Thorough History of DFW,
By Eric Funderburk (Columbia, SC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: From Prairie to Planes (Hardcover)
This book tells mostly about the history of the Dallas-Ft Worth area and it's aviation roots. The book explains the building and operation of one of the largest aiports in the world. This is a good book, but more could be said of the current operations.
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As the twenty-first century draws near, it might seem unlikely to most people that the world's second busiest airport-apparently on a certain track to become the busiest-is found deep in the heart of Texas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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As the twenty-first century draws near, it might seem unlikely to most people that the world's second busiest airport-apparently on a certain track to become the busiest-is found deep in the heart of Texas. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
airport board members, operational opening, new regional airport, joint airport, aviation committee, biggest airport, national air transport, airport officials, midway airport, airport property, interstate flights, new runway, new airport, airport planning, aviation center, deputy executive director Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fort Worth, New York, Chamber of Commerce, Carter Field, Amon Carter, North Texas, San Antonio, Erik Jonsson, Meacham Field, Civil Aeronautics Board, Lee Johnson, Texas International, Los Angeles, United States, Dallas City Council, Greater Southwest, Dallas County, Southwest Airlines, Bayard Friedman, New Orleans, State Highway, Wright Amendment, International Aviators, Oklahoma City, Braniff Airways New!
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