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Honest Vision: The Donald Douglas Story: Timeless leadership lessons from an engineering mind and aviation icon Paperback – July 10, 2018

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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.

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  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1619544067
  8. ISBN-13
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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.

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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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (July 10, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 350 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1619544067
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1619544062
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 15 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Mito
5.0 out of 5 stars Easily readible and Incredibly informative
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021
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Embarrassingly, I purchased this book thinking it was the story of the creation of McDonnell Douglas . . . turns out it sort of his, however, the coverage of the man McDonnell is very short.

Rather the book is accurately titled as the remarkable story of a man that had an incredible impact on anyone whose ever flown in airplane or noticed airplane design (if that doesn't apply to you, I'm not sure how exactly you've found your way onto the net and this site).

The story moves exceptionally well. You will be drawn in Douglas' life (give it chance, it starts slow) as if watching an expertly crafted and edited bio film. The images I've created in my mind are fantastic and still with me.

The book is a fantastic gift for anyone who "has everything" because they'll never see it coming and if they give it a chance and actually read it, they'll love it. I bought the "wrong" book, read it, and I still loved it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2023
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Well written, good read.
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W. A. Mcdonald
4.0 out of 5 stars Great men build great things!
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2019
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Julie Boatman Filucci tells a detailed story of the man who build his own aircraft manufacturing company. She jumps around a little bit, but not more that a few years in each direction.

Because I was more interested in the history of the company “Doug,” created, I found the chapter on Doug’s obsession with sailing a distraction.

My biggest takeaway from this biography was how much Douglas contributed to the formation of so many of the players in aircraft manufacturing during WWII. Most all the big names were once under Douglas’s tutelage.

It was a good read & I recommend.
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ValueBull
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2021
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I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I worked at Douglas after Donald Douglas passed away (and it had already become McDonnell Douglas). I always wondered about the history of the Long Beach plant, and the history of Donald Douglas and exactly what planes Douglas Aircraft manufactured and at which locations. The book was easy to read and very informative.
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Robert S. Setterberg
5.0 out of 5 stars aviation history
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019
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all good aviation history
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Donovonnie
4.0 out of 5 stars A must-read for aviation buffs
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2018
I read most of this book at 35,000' in a Boeing 737(-900). Seemed an appropriate venue to read all about the inception and ensuing development of civil commercial aviation from it being no more than a hope for the future driving Donald Douglas to the present. Although Boeing and Airbus are today's innovators, lesser known is that from 1935 through 1958 it was Douglas Aircraft that ruled the commercial skies with its succession of propeller-driven aircraft, innovating early from 6 passenger planes through to the venerable DC-3 and up to the unthinkable capacity of 95 passengers with the DC-7. This was largely driven by Douglas' vision, capable engineering team, and an unwavering commitment to excellence and integrity in an era where your word meant more than the paper contracts upon which they were written. His genius created the mammoth Douglas Aircraft Co. from nothing but a engineer's self-belief. The book is both educational and highly entertaining in its account of the world transitioning from the ground into the skies above. This remarkable individual was at the forefront of it all..
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Harold Sailor
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Biography!
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018
If you like to read biographies, this is an excellent book: It is a labor of love by a person who knows her aviation history, but you don't have to be an aviation buff to read it.
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