The history of flight

Object detail

Accession number

15-1915

Maker

David Simons
Thomas Withington

Description

Introduction -- Thinkers: flights of fancy -- Pioneers: from the art of aeronautics to the science of flight -- Entrepreneurs: building the century's flying machines -- Innovators and the aces: the golden age of aerial adventure -- Planes for profit: the development of commercial aviation -- Raining destruction: air power in a global war -- Leaving on a jet plane: the evolution of the modern airliner -- Cinderella's wings: the development of air cargo -- Superpower stand-off: military aviation in the cold war -- Helicopter: rotary transport to roving terror -- To the stars: a history of space travel -- Over the horizon: the future of flight -- Index.

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Paper

Physical description

384 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 28 cm

ISBN/ISSN

1405438002
9781405438001

Other title

From aviation pioneers to space exploration

Collection

Clive Lye Collection

Credit line

David Simons et al. 2004. The history of flight, 15-1915. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Book Communication Artefacts Documentary Artefacts Other Documents

Production place

Bath Somerset and Avon England Great Britain British Isles Europe Great Britain United Kingdom

Subject: all levels

History Flight History Aeronautics

Collection type

Published Titles Walsh Memorial Library

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