William F Trimble

Biographic Data

ID1037945
NAMEWilliam F Trimble
GIVEN NAMESWilliam F
FAMILY NAMETrimble
SIGNATURETRIMBLE W F
AFFILIATIONSAuburn University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS33
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1918
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • The Flight of the Century: Charles Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation

    William F TrimbleARTICLEJournal of American History2011

    More years ago than I care to remember, I talked with George R. Hann, an important figure in the development of commercial aviation in Pennsylvania, about his career in aeronautics. Hann had a vivid memory of staying up all night listening to radio reports of Charles Lindbergh's May 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris. He believed that this “splendid young man gave [aviation] that additional lift” and convinced him and other potential investo…

  • Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors (review)

    William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture2006

    Reviewed by: Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors William F. Trimble (bio) Inventing Flight: The Wright Brothers and Their Predecessors. By John D. Anderson, Jr. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Pp. viii+176. $39.95/$18.95. John Anderson is a veteran aerospace engineer who has brought his special expertise to the history of aeronautics. In this new book, derived from his History of Aerodynamics (1997), he e…

  • Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity through the First World War (review)

    William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture2004

    Reviewed by: Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity through the First World War William F. Trimble (bio) Taking Flight: Inventing the Aerial Age, from Antiquity through the First World War. By Richard P. Hallion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp. xxi+531. $35. Every few millennia there is a convergence of the planets that makes possible such missions as those of the two Voyager spacecraft, which in the 1980s teamed up …

  • Wings of Wood, Wings of Metal: Culture and Technical Choice in American Airplane Materials, 1914-1945

    William F Trimble, Eric SchatzbergARTICLEJournal of American History2000

    Journal Article Wings of Wood, Wings of Metal: Culture and Technical Choice in American Airplane Materials, 1914–1945. By Eric Schatzberg. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999. xvi, 313 pp. $49.50, ISBN 0-691-08773-3.) Get access William F. Trimble William F. Trimble Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 87, Issue 3, December 2000, Pa…

  • The Golden Age Remembered: U.S. Naval Aviation, 1919-1941

    William F Trimble, E T Wooldridge et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1999

    Never in the history of aviation was there a more exciting and colorful period of rapid development and public romance with aviators and their magnificent flying machines than the decades between the world wars. It was a time of air shows and races, record flights across the oceans and over the poles, phenomenal technological innovations, and daredevil pilots with whom the world fell in love. The U.S. Navy produced more than its share of these in…

  • From Airships to Airbus: The History of Civil and Commercial Aviation. Volume I: Infrastructure and Environment

    Peter Fearon, William M Leary et al.ARTICLEThe Economic History Review1996

  • Admiral William A. Moffett: Architect of Naval Aviation

    I B Holley, William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture1995

  • Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story

    William F Trimble, Louis RotundoARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story. By Louis Rotundo. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. xii, 324 pp. $29.95, ISBN 1-56098-305-1.) Get access William E Trimble William E Trimble Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 82, Issue 1, June 1995, Pages 349–350, https://doi.org/10.2307/2082138 Published: 01 June 1995

  • Admiral William A. Moffett: Architect of Naval Aviation

    James R Reckner, William F TrimbleARTICLEJournal of American History1995Cited by: 1

    Journal Article Admiral William A. Moffett: Architect of Naval Aviation. By William F. Trimble. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. x, 338 pp. $29.95, ISBN 1-56098-320-5.) Get access James R. Reckner James R. Reckner Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 4, March 1995, Pages 1787–1788, https://doi.org/10.2307/208179…

  • Admiral William A. Moffett: Architect of Naval Aviation

    Thomas C Hone, William F TrimbleARTICLEThe Journal of Military History1994

  • History of Technology. Vol. 14

    William F Trimble, Graham Hollister-Short et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1994

  • The Politics of Aircraft: Building an American Military Industry by Jacob A. Vander Meulen, and: Airshipmen, Businessmen, and Politics, 1890–1940 by Henry Cord Meyer

    William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture1993

    TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 443 The Politics of Aircraft: Building an American Military Industry. By Jacob A. Vander Meulen. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1991. Pp. xii + 292; illustrations, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliog­ raphy, index. $35.00. Airshipmen, Businessmen, and Politics, 1890—1940. By Henry Cord Meyer. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. Pp. 273; illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.…

  • The Politics of Aircraft: Building an American Military Industry

    William F Trimble, Jacob A Vander Meulen et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1993

  • The Airmail Pickup System of All American Aviation: A Failed Innovation

    Open AccessW David Lewis, William F TrimbleARTICLESocial Studies of Science1992

    From May 1939 through June 1949, All American Aviation employed a unique nonstop airmail pickup and delivery system, invented by Lytle S. Adams and modified for commercial use by company engineers after Richard C. du Pont acquired Adams's patent rights. Used to deliver airmail to small communities scattered throughout rugged terrain in western Pennsylvania and West Virgina, the system was also exploited in World War II to tow gliders aloft, and t…

  • Howard Hughes and TWA

    William F Trimble, Robert W RummelARTICLEJournal of American History1992

    Journal Article Howard Hughes and TWA. By Robert W. Rummel. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. x + 431 pp. $29.95, ISBN 1-56098-017-6.) Get access Howard Hughes and TWA. By Rummel Robert W.. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. x + 431 pp. $29.95, ISBN 1-56098-017-6.) William E Trimble William E Trimble Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal o…

  • Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention

    William F Trimble, Peter L JakabARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Visions of a Flying Machine: The Wright Brothers and the Process of Invention. By Peter L. Jakab. (Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. xviii + 263 pp. $22.50.) Get access William F. Trimble William F. Trimble Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 1, June 1991, Pages 365–366, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078208 Published: 01 …

  • Cierva Autogiros: The Development of Rotary-Wing Flight by Peter W. Brooks (review)

    William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

    TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 893 Finne, a flight surgeon attached to the Sikorsky force, wrote a fascinating account of early military aviation in Russia, focusing on the activities of the “Flying Ships,” and the editors have added considerably to its value. Igor Sikorsky: The Russian Years deserves a broader audience than its title is likely to attract, and its readers will learn much about a woefully neglected aspect of aviation history.…

  • Cierva Autogiros: The Development of Rotary-Wing Flight

    William F Trimble, Peter W BrooksARTICLETechnology and Culture1990

  • The Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953

    Tom D Crouch, W David Lewis et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1989

  • Another Icarus: Percy Pilcher and the Quest for Flight

    William F Trimble, Philip JarrettARTICLETechnology and Culture1989

  • Another Icarus: Percy Pilcher and the Quest for Flight by Philip Jarrett

    William F TrimbleARTICLETechnology and Culture1989

    TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 169 and little commitment to rural development, to American agricultural economics programs, where both theory and methodology for pur­ suing applied work are steeped in simplifications inappropriate to contemporary China. All in all, Stress’s accomplishment is superb. His work is thoroughly documented with extensive notes and an excellent bibliography of Chinese- and English-language sources. Bruce Stone Mr. S…

  • The Airway to Everywhere: A History of All American Aviation, 1937-1953

    R E G Davies, W David Lewis et al.ARTICLETechnology and Culture1989

  • Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers

    William F Trimble, Fred Howard et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1988

    Journal Article Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers. By Fred Howard. (New York: Knopf, 1987. xi + 530 pp. $24.95.) Get access William F. Trimble William F. Trimble Auburn University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 2, September 1988, Pages 646–647, https://doi.org/10.2307/1887956 Published: 01 September 1988

  • Lytle S. Adams, the Apostle of Nonstop Airmail Pickup

    William F Trimble, W David LewisARTICLETechnology and Culture1988

    The Cover Design LYTLE S. ADAMS, THE APOSTLE OF NONSTOP AIRMAIL PICKUP WILLIAM F. TRIMBLE AND W. DAVID LEWIS The picture on the cover of the December 1928 issue of Popular Mechanics has a compelling look (see fig. 1). A red biplane soars over a verdant landscape; off in the hazy distance are a lake and mountains. This was not an unusual sight in the late 1920s as the airplane assumed greater prominence in American life. But in this instance, some…

  • Model Research: The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1915-1958. Alex Roland

    William F TrimbleARTICLEIsis1988