Cover of Taking Flight

Taking Flight

by Unknown Author

554 pages2003Oxford University Press, USAISBN 9780195160352
AeronauticsHistoryAeronautics, history
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Uses extracts from journals, diaries, and memoirs, as well as rare photographs and drawings, to provide a history of humanity's attempts at flight, including kites, balloons, rockets, and steerable airships.

Publication Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Published
2003
Pages
554
ISBN
9780195160352

About Unknown Author

Richard P. Hallion (17 May 1948) is Senior Adviser for Air and Space Issues, Directorate for Security, Counterintelligence and Special Programs Oversight, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

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