01755cam a22003854a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000150011402000180012903500130014704000230016004100080018304200080019105000230019908200140022210000330023624501080026926000360037730000600041333600260047333700280049933800270052750000200055450502210057452002800079565000260107565000300110170000500113185600980118185600900127912847351BJBSDDR20250731122540.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta020709s2002    nyua          001 0 eng    a  2002073944  a0743234790  a9780743234795  a12847351  aDLCcDLCdDLCbeng  aeng  apcc14aTL 515bC459c 200200a629.13/091 aChant, Christopher, d1945- 12aA century of triumph :bthe history of aviation /cChristopher Chant ; illustrations by John Batchelor.  aNew York :bFree Press,cc2002.  aviii, 388 pages :billustrations (some color) ;c26 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes index.0 aForeword
Prologue: The Wright Brothers Conquer the Air
Practical Aviation Takes Off
The Race for Speed and Distance

From Biplane to Monoplane
The Jet Age
Rotary-Wing Flight: From Leonardo to Sikorsky
The Modern Age
  aA comprehensively researched and copiously illustrated volume that celebrates 100 years of aviation. From the early experiments of gliderman Otto Lilienthal to the moon walk of Neil Armstrong, it has been an enormous leap in technology for both the fliers and their machines. 0aAeronauticsxHistory. 4aAeronáutica xHistoria 1 aBatchelor, John Calvin, d1948- eillustrator423Contributor biographical informationuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2002073944.html423Publisher descriptionuhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon031/2002073944.html