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The incredible untold story of the first flight around the World in 1924 and a biography of the most controversial military officer ever, General Billy Mitchell, who saved military aviation from destruction by the politicians.
Author : Spencer Lane
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Aeronautics, Military
ISBN : 9781456599942
The incredible untold story of the first flight around the World in 1924 and a biography of the most controversial military officer ever, General Billy Mitchell, who saved military aviation from destruction by the politicians.
Author : Richard P. Hallion
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 17,87 MB
Release : 2003-05-08
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0190289597
The invention of flight represents the culmination of centuries of thought and desire. Kites and rockets sparked our collective imagination. Then the balloon gave humanity its first experience aloft, though at the mercy of the winds. The steerable airship that followed had more practicality, yet a number of insurmountable limitations. But the airplane truly launched the Aerial Age, and its subsequent impact--from the vantage of a century after the Wright Brother's historic flight on December 17, 1903--has been extraordinary. Richard Hallion, a distinguished international authority on aviation, offers a bold new examination of aircraft history, stressing its global roots. The result is an interpretive history of uncommon sweep, complexity, and warmth. Taking care to place each technological advance in the context of its own period as well as that of the evolving era of air travel, this ground-breaking work follows the pre-history of flight, the work of balloon and airship advocates, fruitless early attempts to invent the airplane, the Wright brothers and other pioneers, the impact of air power on the outcome of World War I, and finally the transfer of prophecy into practice as flight came to play an ever-more important role in world affairs, both military and civil. Making extensive use of extracts from the journals, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneers themselves, and interspersing them with a wide range or rare photographs and drawings, Taking Flight leads readers to the laboratories and airfields where aircraft were conceived and tested. Forcefully yet gracefully written in rich detail and with thorough documentation, this book is certain to be the standard reference for years to come on how humanity came to take to the sky, and what the Aerial Age has meant to the world since da Vinci's first fantastical designs.
Author : Ann Holtgren Pellegreno
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Author : Lowell Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN :
Beskriver den første jordomflyvning i 1924
Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Publisher : Wiley
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 2003-02-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780471401247
An aviation expert uncovers the brilliance behind the first successful flight of an engine-powered plane In the centennial year of the Wright Brothers' first successful flight, acclaimed aviation writer T. A. Heppenheimer reexamines what Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved. In First Flight, he debunks the popular assumption that the Wrights were simple mechanics who succeeded by trial and error, demonstrating instead that they were true engineering geniuses. Heppenheimer presents the background that made possible the work of the Wrights and examines the work of Samuel P. Langley, a serious rival. He places their work within a broad historical context, emphasizing their contributions after 1903 and their convergence with ongoing aeronautical work in France. T. A. Heppenheimer (Fountain Valley, CA) has written extensively on aerospace, business, and the history of technology. His many books include Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation (0-471-10961-4), Countdown: A History of Space Flight (0-471-14439-8), and A Brief History of Flight: From Balloons to Mach 3 and Beyond (0-471-34637-3), all from Wiley.
Author : Susan O'Dwyer Brinchman
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 37,8 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Aeronautical engineers
ISBN : 9780692439302
Presents evidence for Gustave Whitehead's claim to have preceded the Wright Brothers in powered flight by two years with a flight in Fairfield, Connecticut on August 14, 1901. The book also provides other details on Whitehead's life and accomplishments. Numerous quotes from primary sources are included.
Author : Captain Horatio Barber
Publisher : Amberley Pub Plc
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,84 MB
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445635835
How do you fly a Sop with Camel? Or a Bristol Bulldog? Captain Horatio Barber, the first man to make a cargo flight in the world, tells you how.
Author : Carroll V. Glines
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Flights around the world
ISBN : 9781575100722
April 6-September 28, 1924. Fully illustrated history recounts the U.S. Army's fascinating campaign to sponsor the first around-the-world flight using a seaplane. Includes bios of the key personalities and information on the aircraft involved.
Author : Richard K. Smith
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,65 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781591147978
First Across is the exciting story of the first transatlantic flight. The flight, made in 1919, took a six-man crew nearly three weeks to complete. This book describes in detail the entire operation: the planning, the men and their aircraft, the primitive radio communication, and method of air navigation. In First Across Richard K. Smith has used photographs, cartoons, and even advertisements of the era to help evoke that spring of 1919, an important moment in the history of transportation.
Author : Judith E. Rinard
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,32 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9781554072927
A guide to the world of flight documents the milestones in aviation history that changed the world, from the development of ballooning to the mission to Mars.