| Publication |
USA, White Star Publishers, 2002.
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| Description |
320pWhite Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Describes the history of flight from the flying machine of Leonardo da Vinci to the conquest of space. This book recounts the steps along the path to the conquest of the sky , from convertiplanes to the sophisticated warplanes.
Also covers the Cold War.
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| Contents |
The earliest endeavours
The dirigibles
Heavier-than-air machines
The first World War
The birth of commercial aviation
Seaplanes and marathon flights
The second World War : the Allies
The second World War : the Axis
The first jets and the Korean War
The era of the great transport aircraft
The great fighters of the fifties
The Cold War
Helicopters
Trainers
General aviation
European fighters
Vietnam
The Arab-Israeli wars
Great airliners
Fighters of the seventies
The third level
The Gulf and Kosovo : The last wars
Airbus and Boeing
Today and tomorrow
The space shuttle
Bibliography and index
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| Standard Number |
8854402117 Hb.
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