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Aviation : a Smithsonian guide
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Aviation : a Smithsonian guide

Author: Donald S Lopez
Publisher: New York : Macmillan USA, ©1995.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
Summary:
Traces the development of aviation from man's earliest attempts at flight to the Stealth Bomber, and includes over 350 photographs and illustrations of planes, people, and events; a foldout decade-by-decade timeline of aviation milestones; and a glossary of terms and concepts.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Donald S Lopez
ISBN: 0028600061 9780028600062 002860041X 9780028600413
OCLC Number: 31046202
Notes: "A Ligature book."
Includes folded chart of "Aviation firsts."
Includes index.
Description: 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents: Dreams, failures, and triumphs --
World War I --
The Golden Age --
Air transport --
World War II --
The Jet Age --
Wild ideas and future flight --
Glossary --
Index --
Sources.
Responsibility: Donald S. Lopez.
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Traces the development of aviation from man's earliest attempts at flight to the Stealth Bomber, and includes over 350 photographs and illustrations of planes, people, and events; a foldout decade-by-decade timeline of aviation milestones; and a glossary of terms and concepts.

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