02314cam a2200385 i 4500 520802 OCoLC 20240612142121.0 721124s1973 nyua b 001 0 eng 72012755 0070018073 9780070018075 (OCoLC)520802 (OCoLC)734154 (OCoLC)894673 AJM eng ita TL670.3 .A513 1973 629.133/34/09 19 629.13 Angelucci, Enzo, author 17473 Aeroplani. English Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day / Enzo Angelucci New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973 287 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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 Also issued online Airplanes History 6390 Online version: Angelucci, Enzo. Aeroplani. English. Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973 (OCoLC)568657095 .b16609797 ddc BOOK 29765 29765 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ 2024-06-12 0 629.13 ANGE 66256 2024-06-12 2024-06-12 BOOK 1