A century of triumph : the history of aviation / Christopher Chant ; illustrations by John Batchelor.

By:

Chant, Christopher, 1945-

Contributor(s):

Batchelor, John Calvin, 1948- [illustrator]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Free Press, c2002.Description: viii, 388 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0743234790
9780743234795

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

629.13/09

LOC classification:

TL 515 C459c 2002

Online resources:

Contents:

Foreword Prologue: The Wright Brothers Conquer the Air Practical Aviation Takes Off The Race for Speed and Distance From Biplane to Monoplane The Jet Age Rotary-Wing Flight: From Leonardo to Sikorsky The Modern Age

Summary: A comprehensively researched and copiously illustrated volume that celebrates 100 years of aviation. From the early experiments of gliderman Otto Lilienthal to the moon walk of Neil Armstrong, it has been an enormous leap in technology for both the fliers and their machines.

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Includes index.

Foreword
Prologue: The Wright Brothers Conquer the Air
Practical Aviation Takes Off
The Race for Speed and Distance

From Biplane to Monoplane
The Jet Age
Rotary-Wing Flight: From Leonardo to Sikorsky
The Modern Age

A comprehensively researched and copiously illustrated volume that celebrates 100 years of aviation. From the early experiments of gliderman Otto Lilienthal to the moon walk of Neil Armstrong, it has been an enormous leap in technology for both the fliers and their machines.

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