The story of powered aircraft is the most rapid technical adventure ever known in forms of transport. In the span of one lifetime, man has progressed from faltering hops just above the ground - scarcely half the length of a Jumbo Jet - to regular visits to the Moon.
John Young, prize-winning aviation artist, illustrates the many and varied forms of craft that have been designed to surmount natural obstacles and to carry out the tasks which flying machines are uniquely able to perform.
The epic story of their development is told by aviation writer, Peter Shephard. He traces in his commentary the ingenuity, patient experiment, trial and error, and eventual application in practice. It began with Leonardo da Vinci, triumphed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December, 1093, and will take us, perhaps, to the limits of the Universe.
This is a most interesting book for the aviation buff.
John Young, prize-winning aviation artist, illustrates the many and varied forms of craft that have been designed to surmount natural obstacles and to carry out the tasks which flying machines are uniquely able to perform.
The epic story of their development is told by aviation writer, Peter Shephard. He traces in his commentary the ingenuity, patient experiment, trial and error, and eventual application in practice. It began with Leonardo da Vinci, triumphed at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17 December, 1093, and will take us, perhaps, to the limits of the Universe.
This is a most interesting book for the aviation buff.
