Illustrated History of Aircraft Tapa dura - 1977

Great Britain: Treasure Press, 1977. Hardback This history is a concise introduction to the great developments in aviation from its origins to the present day. The splendid and classic achievements of Sir George Cayley, Otto Lilienthal, the Wright borthers and the many other pioneers are engrossingly portrayed. The importance of the two world wars to aviation story is recog nized and a chapter devoted to each. The latest innovations and most fantastic innovations such as the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat, the Rockwell International B-1 bomber, the largest variable-geometry aircra ft flying, and the Panavia Tornado and the F-16, the fighters of the 1980's. Fully ullustrated with more than 170 photographs. Contents: Beginnings, World War I, Inter-War Years, World War II, Jet Age -Military and Civil, Helicopters and Light Aircraft. 160pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all… Leer más