ILLUS DIRECT CENTURY OF FLIGHT (PB) (Illustrated directories)

ILLUS DIRECT CENTURY OF FLIGHT (PB) (Illustrated directories)

by RayBonds (Editor)

Synopsis

Beginning with Orville Wright's historic, 12-minute flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, the hundred-year story of aviation has been one of breathtaking technological advances, remarkable human ingenuity, and great bravery on the part of many individuals. All of the major historical events in this tremendous history are chronicled in this fact-filled directory that covers both military and civil aircraft - fighters and airliners, helicopters and space shuttles - and the men who flew them. Concise technical details are given for selected key machines marking the most significant advances in aviation history, all superbly illustrated with dramatic action photos.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 480
Publisher: Salamander Books Ltd
Published: 28 Sep 2003

ISBN 10: 1840654945
ISBN 13: 9781840654943

Author Bio
Ray Bonds has been a defense journalist, editor, and publisher during a career spanning over thirty-five years, covering periods and activities as wide-ranging as the U.S. Civil War, anti-ballistic missile systems, stealth warfare, and modern military intelligence gathering. He has written and edited scores of well-respected titles on the world's major armed forces, their battles, weapons, and organization, with specialist knowledge of the armed services of the United States. His works have included well-thumbed books on the shelves of official military education centres throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and have included the important trilogy The U.S. War Machine, The Soviet War Machine, and The Chinese War Machine and, most recently, America's Special Forces.