Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age /
"These pioneers were scientists, soldiers, or daredevils, whose names will echo down through the centuries. There are those, from Sir George Cayley to Wilbur and Orville Wright, who launched the air age. Aviators like Louis Bleriot, Charles Lindbergh, and Amelia Earhart bridged oceans to link n...
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Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
2003.
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| Edition: | 1st edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Foundation stones
- Taking to the air
- The world takes wing, 1904-1909
- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914
- Into the fight, the airplane at war, 1914-1918
- Laying the foundation, 1919-1927
- Big business, 1927-1935
- The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939
- Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941
- Setting the stage, 1929-1939
- Battles in the sky, 1939-1945
- Toward new horizons
- From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003
- Cold war, hot war
- A world in the air, 1945-2003.