Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age

Author(s)

    • Crouch, Tom D.

Bibliographic Information

Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age

Tom D. Crouch

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, c2003

1st ed

  • (hardcover)
  • pbk

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Note

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

Details

  • NCID
    BA71102285
  • ISBN
    • 0393057674
    • 0393326209
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Washington, D.C.
  • Pages/Volumes
    ix, 725 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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