Wings
Subtitle: a history of aviation from kites to the space age
By: Tom D. Crouch.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Aeronautics -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foundation stories; title: Taking to the air; title: The world takes wing, 1904-1909; title: From experiment to industry, 1909-1914; title: Into the fight; title: Laying the foundation, 1919-1927; title: Big business, 1927-1935; title: The roar of the crowd, 1927-1939; title: Revolutions in the sky, 1926-1941; title: Setting the stage, 1929-1939; title: Battles in the sky, 1939-1945; title: Toward new horizons; title: From aviation to aerospace, 1945-2003; title: Cold war, hot war; title: A world in the air, 1945-2003.