Milestones of aviation
Subtitle: Smitsonian National Air and Space Museum
By: edited by John T. Greenwood ; with Von Hardesty.
Contributors: Greenwood, John T.; Hardesty, Von, 1939-; National Air and Space Museum.
Publisher: Universe
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780789399953
Subjects: Aeronautics -- History; Airplanes -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Michael Collins; title: Introduction / John T. Greenwood; title: Farther : the quest for distance / Terry Gwynn-Jones; title: Faster and higher : the quest for space / John D. Anderson, Jr.; title: Bigger : the quest for size / James R. Hansen; title: Better : the quest for excellence / Richard K. Smith; title: Bolder : the new generation of flight / Von Hardesty.