Download or read book The Enterprise of Flight written by Roger E. Bilstein and published by Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. This book was released on 2001-09-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new introduction for this paperback edition (originally titled "The American Aerospace Industry"), Bilstein explains how international competition has affected American aerospace airline manufacturers and updates the controversy over the high cost of military aircraft, such as the F-22 Raptor.