100 Years of Flight: A Chronology of Aerospace History, 1903-2003
100 Years of Flight: A Chronology of Aerospace History, 1903-2003 (Library of Flight Series) Frank H. Winter, F. Robert Van Der Linden,
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast
ISBN: 1563475626
DDC: 629.10202
Edition: Hardcover; 2003-07
Summary:
In just 100 years, air and space exploration has progressed from a
12-second, 120-foot flight by two brothers to nearly 30 years of
sustained flight by a spacecraft, now eight billion miles from Earth,
traveling at almost 40,000 miles per hour. Drawing on the extensive
collection of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), and personal
collections, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book chronicles
the most significant accomplishments in aerospace history over the
past 100 years. In timeline fashion, you'll read brief excerpts from
hundreds of news articles reporting on significant accomplishments in
flight. Through brief introductory essays, you will learn what made
each decade of flight most significant. Concluding essays by John D.
Anderson Jr. and Roger D. Launius of the NASM look at what lies
ahead. Foreword by A. Scott Crossfield. The book was commissioned in
celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight. Winter and
van der Linden are both curators at the NASM, and authors of several
acclaimed books on air and space history and the "Out of the Past"
column published monthly in Aerospace America.
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