The Pioneers of Flight
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: April 26, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780691011172
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Aircraft: general interest; Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; History of engineering & technology; History; Aeronautical Engineering (General); Technology; Transportation; Biography/Autobiography; Sources; Aviation - History; American History; Applied Science and Engineering; History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science; Transportation / Aviation / History; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Aeronautics; Chronology
First sentence: Chinese legend has it that, as a boy, the Emperor Shun (2258-2208 B.C.) once escaped his father's enemies by stealing "the work clothes of a bird" and flying away.