Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day / Enzo Angelucci
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 30 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0070018073; 9780070018075Uniform titles: Aeroplani. English Subject(s): Airplanes -- HistoryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Airplanes from the dawn of flight to the present day.DDC classification: 629.133/34/09 | 629.13 LOC classification: TL670.3 | .A513 1973Also issued online| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 629.13 ANGE (Browse shelf) | Available | 66256 |
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
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