Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age
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Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, c2003
1st ed
- (hardcover)
- pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index
Contents of Works
- Foundation stones
- Taking to the air
- The world takes wing, 1904-1909
- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914
- Into the fight, the airplane a 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