What is General Aviation? | National Air and Space Museum
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 29, 2022
Before the 1930s, private flying had been for wealthy sport pilots or working pilots flying expensive planes.
Many aviation enthusiasts wished for simpler aircraft, and designers needed pilots to market their ideas. This advertisement for the sturdy steel-tube E-2 Cub had only four instruments, a fuel gauge, and sold for $1,425.
The military needed the companies' small aircraft during World War II, however, post-war, the "big three" went on to dominate general aviation production, with . . .
