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Honest Vision The Donald Douglas Story Timeless Leadership Lessons Julie Filucci
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Product Group
- Book
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781619544062
- Book Title
- Donald Douglas : an Honest Vision
- Publisher
- Aviation Supplies & Academics, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Transportation, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Aviation / Commercial, Science & Technology
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 350 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1619544067
ISBN-13
9781619544062
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242885373
Product Key Features
Book Title
Donald Douglas : an Honest Vision
Number of Pages
350 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Aviation / Commercial, Science & Technology
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2016-019142
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
338.7/629133340973
Synopsis
"Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story" tells the life story of a man who foresaw and developed a critical part of our daily modern lives, the commercial airliner--yet remained relatively unknown to the general public. The author, Julie Boatman Filucci ("Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3") crafted this marvelous biography of Donald Wills Douglas mostly from the memories of the people who knew him, saw his vision, and navigated his quirks of personality and temperament, as wellas from works of company history and details from the epic tale of the Douglas Aircraft Company itself. The author draws from interviews with former company employees and executives, friends and especially family members, which together presents the personal and business history of the man, and includes stories involving Douglas Aircraft, its employees and their years of production -- forming an intimate side-view of a company highly respected for their collective accomplishments. As the author states, "Douglas himself rarely took credit--he routinely directed accolades to his team...his greatest strength as a leader." Her gleanings from talks with family members such as of Douglas' son and grandson help frame the story "...in a way that makes Doug's vision come through, yet also demonstrate with compassion his humanity and his failures." Douglas' company no longer survives except in the hearts of its people and deep in the archives now kept by Boeing, one of his primarycompetitors in his lifetime and now of course, the owner of the U.S. transport airplane manufacturing business. For those who knew him and worked with him and as emblazoned through Douglas history in its crest, "Doug" embodied "a heart with wings" which was an honest vision that he strived to make real., The legendary Douglas DC-3 flies on in the hearts of aviators around the globe, but few today know much about the man with the vision that brought her to the skies. From the author of Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3 comes an exploration into the life of Donald Wills Douglas, founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company, a genius innovator and engineer. What inspired Douglas to envision a commercial airliner when aviation was in its infancy? What motivated him, and what key elements to his leadership style led Douglas Aircraft Company to success? What secret came to light that likely contributed to the downward spiral of that same business? Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story brings into sharp focus a facet of a momentous time in world history, illuminated by one man's drive to make the skies available to all., "Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story" tells the life story of a man who foresaw and developed a critical part of our daily modern lives' the commercial airliner--yet remained relatively unknown to the general public. The author, Julie Boatman Filucci ("Together We Fly: Voices from the DC-3") crafted this marvelous biography of Donald Wills Douglas mostly from the memories of the people who knew him, saw his vision, and navigated his quirks of personality and temperament, as well as from works of company history and details from the epic tale of the Douglas Aircraft Company itself. The author draws from interviews with former company employees and executives, friends and especially family members, which together presents the personal and business history of the man, and includes stories involving Douglas Aircraft, its employees and their years of production -- forming an intimate side-view of a company highly respected for their collective accomplishments. As the author states, "Douglas himself rarely took credit--he routinely directed accolades to his team...his greatest strength as a leader." Her gleanings from talks with family members such as of Douglas' son and grandson help frame the story "...in a way that makes Doug's vision come through, yet also demonstrate with compassion his humanity and his failures." Douglas' company no longer survives except in the hearts of its people and deep in the archives now kept by Boeing, one of his primary competitors in his lifetime and now of course, the owner of the U.S. transport airplane manufacturing business. For those who knew him and worked with him and as emblazoned through Douglas history in its crest, "Doug" embodied "a heart with wings" which was an honest vision that he strived to make real.
LC Classification Number
TL540.D65F55 2016
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