Story of Flight
Carlton Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84732-356-9 (ISBN)
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From the first flights using balloons and gliders, to the successful launch of spacecraft by the United States and the former USSR, man has been fascinated by the challenge of air travel. In this beautifully illustrated book, the history of flight is given a global perspective. The pioneers such as the Wrights, Alcock & Brown and Bleriot, along with the skilled technicians that brought the world Concorde, are woven into a story that tells of daring and life-threatening episodes which form the long arc of development from the Montgolfiers' hot-air balloons to the intricate military jets and high-tech wizardry that has seen man pass out of the earth's atmosphere and into space. "The Story of Flight" looks at the spread of aviation throughout the world, how it developed significantly as a new means of military combat and how it became the leading form of international travel all in the space of less than 60 years. This book contains 20 facsimile items ranging from George Cayley's 1849 design for a glider, to Arthur Whitten Brown's log book kept during the first ever transatlantic flight in 1919, to the report for the Apollo 11 mission which saw man land on the moon.
Stephen Woolford is the Head of Interpretation and Collections at Imperial War Museum Duxford, one of the world's premier aviation museums. Carl Warner is Research and Information Manager there and together, they are responsible for many of the outstanding displays and exhibitions.
Taking Flight; The Wright Brothers; Louis Bleriot: the First English Channel Flight; The Belle Epoque; The Aeroplane Goes to War; Air Fighting in the First World War; Bombers and Bombing; Industry; Aircraft and Air Forces; The First Transatlantic Flights; Aviation in the 1920s and 1930s; New York to Paris Non-Stop; Airships and Flying Boats; The First Modern Airliners; The Approach and Outbreak of the Second World War; The Battle of Britain; The Bomber War; Working with the Armies; The Air War at Sea; Industry and New Technologies; Air Travel in the Post War World; Cold War Confrontation; Air Power in Korea and Vietnam; The Space Race; The Jet Age; Modern Air Power; Aviation for All?; Aviation in the Modern World.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2009 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 279 x 311 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt | |
Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84732-356-1 / 1847323561 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84732-356-9 / 9781847323569 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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