AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT
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Characteristics
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( square back binding ) |
| Special Features | Dust jacket |
| Condition | Dust Jackets slightly damaged |
| Author(s) | John W. R. Taylor |
| Publisher | THE HAMLYN PUBLISHING GROUP LTD |
| Number of pages | 140 |
| Published date |
First edition 1967 Second impression 1968 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 21.2 x 28.5 x 1.7 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • APPAREILS - CONSTRUCTEURS • AVIATION CIVILE • AVIATION MILITAIRE |
Description
From bird-men in chicken-feather wings to spacemen in capsules, this is the story of how man struggled for years and finally managed to get himself off the ground; to take off... and fly. It is the enthralling story of a succession of bizarre machines, and how they took shape. Still more, it is the story of strange exiles, the men themselves who for countless generations fought with an invisible enemy—the sky; how they tried to fly, and died trying; how they tried again, got aloft, and crashed, and got up again, and stayed up.
John W. R. Taylor, editor of Jane's All the World's Aircraft and author of more than a hundred books on flying, vividly presents the personal side of the great adventure, from Leonardo da Vinci's designs for a flapping-wing craft, de Lana's lighter-than-air craft, and Gusmão's glider of 1709 which, if it flew, was the first aeroplane in history. We see the trials and terrors of the primitive airmen in their double combat—against natural forces and the general public; how they pressed onward, gradually conquering every practical obstacle—and developed machines able to explore space or destroy our whole civilisation, or just whisk us round the world in a matter of hours.
More than 200 illustrations convey the thrills and excitement of flying through the ages. They include rare photographs, engravings and other illustrations of King Bladud, who jumped from the Temple of Apollo in 852 B. C., Gusmão's Passarola, the Montgolfiers' balloons, Henson's Aerial Steam Carriage, the Wright brothers in action, the men who flew for their countries in two World Wars, Sikorsky's helicopters, Yeager's X-1 which broke the sound barrier, and jets and early spacecraft. In addition, aircraft of all kinds from all over the world are represented in 24 pages of splendid colour, with a selection of wonderful cartoons from the BP film, Power to Fly.