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Hardcover
240 pages
11.4" x 9.4"
Boston Mills Press
(October 2003) |
The Aviation Century:
Vol I. The Early Years
The illustrated history of the 20th century's most
compelling invention.
Powered flight freed humanity from earthly constraints
and revolutionized the world in countless ways -- technologically,
militarily, sociologically, economically and politically.
Aviation Century: The Early Years covers the period
from 1900 to 1939, exploring the eternal fascination
with flight, the events surrounding the Wright brothers'
and other flying pioneers' adventurous first flights,
the dramatic development of military aviation brought
about by the First World War, and the rise of commercial
aviation. This volume of the Aviation Century series
also looks at the great individuals who created the
world's aviation industries, including Santos-Dumont,
Farman, Bleriot, Caproni, Curtiss, and AV Roe.
Top aviation photographer Dan Patterson's photographs
of preserved and restored aircraft in museum and private
collections combine with rare archival photographs to
make this the best book on early aviation available
anywhere.
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