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Traces the evolution of the airplane from man's first flying machine to today's supersonic jets.
"Trace the invention history of aircraft from early balloons to today's superjets"--Provided by publisher.
"Of all people who might have solved the problem of human flight, few would have suspected Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, a fusty, old-school member of the Wurrtemburg nobility, recently ousted from the German military an...
Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects: the car, the airplane, the smartphone, the rocket, the robot, and the telescope.
Provides an illustrated chronology of flight, from prehistoric insects to future spacecraft.
Contains 300 of the most influential aircraft in civilian service over the past 80 years. These range from the earliest pioneers to the massive passenger jets of the modern age.
Provides an overview of the principal stages in the history of flight, from animal flight and the first attempts to develop human flight to the present, and describes the invention of the various systems on an airplane a...
Surplus planes and out of work pilots gave rise to barnstormers and daredevils who thrilled corwds with their aerobatics. Read about the amazing ricords set by the adventurous aviators of the time.
Describes a variety of airplanes invented through the years with unusual shapes and wing arrangements and run with human or solar power.