So Many Worlds: Invention, Management, Philosophy, and Risk in the Life of Leroy Hill

by Craig Miner

An entrepreneurial and engineering genius, Leroy Hill left his mark on 20th century aviation. But that was just the beginning.As a gifted Berkeley engineering graduate in the late teens, Hill succeeded in reengineering the famous "Liberty Engine" of World War I to fit into the legendary fighter DH-4, or "Flying Coffin." In the late 1920s his passion for aviation brought him to a new marketplace as twelve-year president of Air Associates--that remarkable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896723801
• ISBN13: 9780896723801
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"