Aviation The First 100 Years

Name: Aviation The First 100 Years
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ISBN: 9780764154232

ISBN-10: 0764154230

ISBN-13: 9780764154232

Edition: 2002

Authors: Bill Gunston

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In 2003, the world will mark the hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic first flight over Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. This handsome volume celebrates humanity's first century of aviation with lavish illustrations and an exciting chronological account of aeronautical development. Following the Wright brothers came a number of pioneer designers and flyers from several European countries, including Voisin and Bleriot in France and Zeppelin in Germany. World War I saw the birth of fighter and bomber planes, while the decades between the wars witnessed the glamour of competition flying, including Lindbergh's first flight across the Atlantic and Wiley Post's seven-day flight…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Barron's Educational Series, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/1/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Introduction	p. 6
Pioneers	p. 8
Hot Air to Propulsion	p. 8
Early Development	p. 10
The First Air War	p. 12
Primitive Warplanes	p. 12
The First Bombers	p. 14
The First Fighters	p. 16
Giant Bombers and Airships	p. 18
Infant Airlines	p. 20
North America	p. 20
Europe	p. 22
The First Airports	p. 24
Competition	p. 26
The Schneider Trophy	p. 26
To Fly the Atlantic	p. 28
Around the World	p. 30
Pylon Racing	p. 32
Warplanes 1918-1939	p. 34
Fighters	p. 34
Bombers	p. 36
Reconnaissance Aircraft	p. 38
Conflicts of the Era	p. 40
New Technology	p. 42
Aerodynamics	p. 42
Structures	p. 44
Propulsion	p. 46
Systems	p. 48
In the Cockpit	p. 50
At the Airport	p. 52
World War II	p. 54
The Luftwaffe	p. 54
Battle of Britain	p. 56
RAF Bombers	p. 58
Barbarossa	p. 60
The Rising Sun	p. 62
USAAF Fighters	p. 64
USAAF Bombers	p. 66
U.S. Navy and Marines	p. 68
D-Day	p. 70
Soviet Surprises	p. 72
Victory in Europe	p. 74
Victory in the Pacific	p. 76
Post-War Progress	p. 78
Airports Today	p. 78
American Airliners	p. 80
British Airliners	p. 82
Mistaken Monsters	p. 84
Piston Pinnacle	p. 86
The Cold War	p. 88
Jet Fighters	p. 88
Jet Bombers	p. 90
Strategic Air Command	p. 92
Soviet Fighters	p. 94
Soviet Bombers	p. 96
U.S. Navy Supercarriers	p. 98
U.S. Navy Shore-Based Aircraft	p. 100
RAF Aircraft	p. 102
Royal Navy Aircraft	p. 104
War Gets Hot	p. 106
Indo-China	p. 106
Suez	p. 108
Algeria	p. 110
Jungle Conflicts	p. 112
Vietnam	p. 114
General Aviation	p. 116
Airplanes For All	p. 116
Executive Aviation	p. 118
Ag-Aviation	p. 120
Flying Laboratories	p. 122
Fire Bombers	p. 124
Rotating Wings	p. 126
Early Struggles	p. 126
Turbine Revolution	p. 128
Battlefield Helicopters	p. 130
Naval helicopters	p. 132
Transport Helicopters	p. 134
New Ideas	p. 136
Faster than Sound	p. 136
On to Mach 7	p. 138
VTOLs	p. 140
Tilting Windmills	p. 142
Weird Shapes	p. 144
Airliners	p. 146
Early Jetliners	p. 146
Turboprops	p. 148
Enter the Wide Bodies	p. 150
Today's Boeings	p. 152
Today's Airbuses	p. 154
Jetliners Around the World	p. 156
Future Supercarriers	p. 158
Modern Warplanes	p. 160
France	p. 160
Former USSR	p. 162
Sweden	p. 164
Surveillance	p. 166
Transports and Tankers	p. 168
Collaboration	p. 170
Jaguar and Tornado	p. 170
Harrier	p. 172
Fighters Around the World	p. 174
Airlifters	p. 176
SSTs	p. 178
At the Cutting Edge	p. 180
Stealth	p. 180
F-22 Raptor	p. 182
Eurofighter Typhoon	p. 184
Joint Strike Fighter	p. 186
Have Fun	p. 188
Gliders	p. 188
Seeking Pleasure	p. 190
Index	p. 191
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