Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age /
Crouch, Tom D
Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age / Tom D. Crouch - New York : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washigton, D.C. in association with W.W. Norton & Co., 2004, c2003 - ix, 725 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index
Foundation stones -- Taking to the air -- The world takes wing, 1904-1909 -- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914 -- Into the fight, the airplane at war, 1914-1918 -- Laying the foundation, 1919-1927 -- Big business, 1927-1935 -- The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939 -- Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941 -- Setting the stage, 1929-1939 -- Battles in the sky, 1939-1945 -- Toward new horizons -- From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003 -- Cold war, hot war -- A world in the air, 1945-2003
0393326209 (pbk.)
9780393326208 51895
Aeronautics--History
TL515 / .C76 2004
Wings : a history of aviation from kites to the space age / Tom D. Crouch - New York : Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washigton, D.C. in association with W.W. Norton & Co., 2004, c2003 - ix, 725 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [677]-690) and index
Foundation stones -- Taking to the air -- The world takes wing, 1904-1909 -- From experiment to industry, 1909-1914 -- Into the fight, the airplane at war, 1914-1918 -- Laying the foundation, 1919-1927 -- Big business, 1927-1935 -- The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939 -- Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941 -- Setting the stage, 1929-1939 -- Battles in the sky, 1939-1945 -- Toward new horizons -- From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003 -- Cold war, hot war -- A world in the air, 1945-2003
0393326209 (pbk.)
9780393326208 51895
Aeronautics--History
TL515 / .C76 2004