Angelucci, Enzo,
Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day / Enzo Angelucci - 287 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Translation of Gli aeroplani
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index
Introduction -- From Leonardo da Vinci to Samuel Langley -- From the Wright Brothers' first flight to 1914 -- Aircraft of World War I -- From 1918 to Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic -- Sporting events from 1909 to 1939 -- From 1927 to 1940 : the golden age of the flying boats -- Aircraft of World War II -- The postwar years : the world enters the jet era -- Military aviation : today -- Civil aviation : today -- The long road towards vertical takeoff and landing -- From the X-1 to the "Space Shuttle" -- Technical data on airplanes illustrated -- The legendary flying machines -- Aircraft of World War I -- Civil and military aircraft from 1918 to 1927 -- Sport aircraft from 1913 to 1939 -- Civil and military aircraft from 1927 to 1940 -- Aircraft of World War II -- Civil and military aircraft from 1945 to today -- Military aircraft : today -- Civil aircraft : today -- VTOL craft and helicopters -- Experimental supersonic aircraft -- Civil aircraft nationality and registration marks -- World War II : chronology
0070018073 9780070018075
72012755
Airplanes--History
TL670.3 / .A513 1973
629.133/34/09 629.13
Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day / Enzo Angelucci - 287 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Translation of Gli aeroplani
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index
Introduction -- From Leonardo da Vinci to Samuel Langley -- From the Wright Brothers' first flight to 1914 -- Aircraft of World War I -- From 1918 to Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic -- Sporting events from 1909 to 1939 -- From 1927 to 1940 : the golden age of the flying boats -- Aircraft of World War II -- The postwar years : the world enters the jet era -- Military aviation : today -- Civil aviation : today -- The long road towards vertical takeoff and landing -- From the X-1 to the "Space Shuttle" -- Technical data on airplanes illustrated -- The legendary flying machines -- Aircraft of World War I -- Civil and military aircraft from 1918 to 1927 -- Sport aircraft from 1913 to 1939 -- Civil and military aircraft from 1927 to 1940 -- Aircraft of World War II -- Civil and military aircraft from 1945 to today -- Military aircraft : today -- Civil aircraft : today -- VTOL craft and helicopters -- Experimental supersonic aircraft -- Civil aircraft nationality and registration marks -- World War II : chronology
0070018073 9780070018075
72012755
Airplanes--History
TL670.3 / .A513 1973
629.133/34/09 629.13