Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age
(2003)
By:
Crouch, Tom D
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
629.13/CROUCH,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : W.W. Norton, [2003]
©2003
©2003
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
ix, 725 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0393057674 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Foundation stories -- Taking to the air -- The world takes wing, 1904-1909 -- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914 -- Into the fight: the airplane at war, 1914-1918 -- Laying the foundation, 1919-1927 -- Big business, 1927-1935 -- The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939 -- Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941 -- Setting the stage, 1929-1939 -- Battles in the sky, 1939-1945 -- Toward new horizons -- From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003 -- Cold war, hot war -- A world in the air, 1945-2003