TY - BOOK AU - Chant,Christopher AU - Batchelor,John Calvin TI - A century of triumph: the history of aviation SN - 0743234790 AV - TL 515 C459c 2002 U1 - 629.13/09 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Free Press KW - Aeronautics KW - History KW - Aeronáutica KW - Historia N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2002073944.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2002073944.html ER -